If you have properly fed enough wire into the banana plug, this should tighten down on the wire and keep it from falling out. This will twist the wire farther into the plug, giving a strong connection. If you don’t push it in far enough, you won’t have as secure of a connection.Īfter you’ve fully inserted the cable, screw the back of the banana plug back down. There is a cone at the front of the plug that spreads the wires in the speaker cable out to ensure a good connection. Keep pressing the cable into the banana plug until you can’t push it any farther. Take the banana plug with the red stripe and unscrew the bottom about half way and feed the speaker wire into the bottom of the banana plug. The other banana plug will attach to the black cable. The banana plug with the red stripe will attach to the grey cable with the red stripe printed on it. Each pair of cables will use a red striped banana plug and a black striped banana plug. Once you’ve twisted the wire strands together you are ready to attach the Strike banana plugs. Place one of the sets of wire between your finger and thumb, then slide your finger across the top to cause the wires to twist around each other. In order to easily feed the wire into the banana plugs you’ll need to twist all of the copper strands together. You will no longer need the wire stripper. Once you have stripped both cables, you will be able to attach the banana plugs. Repeat the above process on the other wire, using the wire stripper to cut the jacket about 1/2 of an inch from the end of the cable. This will expose the bare wire so you can attach the banana plug. Peel the cut jacket off the bare wire and remove the cable stripper. Let the force of the arm on the stripper put pressure on the cable as you spin the stripper around the cable to strip away the jacket. Place the cutting edge of the wire stripper about 1/2 of an inch away from the end of the cable. In order to make this easy, pull the wires away from each other so you have one or two inches of separated cable. You will need to be able to work with each individual wire in the pair. When you have the correct length of wire, pull one end away to give yourself room to work. If you're running the wire behind the wall, do so before attaching the banana plugs. The first thing you'll need to do is to cut the wire to the length you need. These wall plates will generally just have a jack for a banana plug.īanana plugs also will help the back of your speakers and receiver look nicer and reduce the messy look of all the wires. Another benefit comes when you are doing behind the wall installations and using wall plates (as opposed to just leaving a big hole in the wall).
With banana plugs you ensure this won't ever happen. Wires tend to get pulled out or frizzy as time passes, which can affect your sound quality.
Often bare speaker wire connections are unreliable. Not only do they help your installation to look cleaner, banana plugs also give you a permanent and high quality connection. There are many benefits of using banana plugs with your speaker wire.
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