I recently purchased a pair of M22ti's to go on my new Denon 1803. I am looking at connection options for my speaker cables. Among other things, I am considering some IXOS 215 Locking Banana Plugs(spades big enough for the Axiom speakers are hard to find). I mentioned them to my local hi-fi seller, who wants me to buy his Tributaries banana plugs at 3 times the price, and he said that IXOS was "cheap chinese crap". These plugs are solid brass and gold plated, they have a secure method for being affixed to the wire.
Since this is not a low level signal, I don't see how his can really be any bettter than these. It's not as if I am running some high end gear, this is just your basic audio gear.
So, I came here since it seems that there is a huge amount of expertise here.
Has anyone had any experience with IXOS products?
Do you think that the Tributaries ends are worth paying 3 times the price?
Is my hi-fi seller a snake-oil salesman? :P
Thanks in advance.
oh, btw. My M22ti's sound every bit as good as I had hoped. Thanks Ian, keep up the good work.
Tim
