I used the monoprice banana plugs for the receiver end of all of my speaker wire. It did not have the spring. You just insert the wire into the bottom half of the plug, fold it back, and screw the top end of the plug down. Then you apply the supplied heatshrink. I think they work great. (Edit: it is possible they were purchased from bluejeans cable- i got some of my wire from monoprice and some from BJC, I forget which order had the banana plugs.)
I use bare wire connection to all of my speakers.
Last edited by terzaghi; 12/22/09 06:39 PM.
