Nicer binding posts? I've seen tons of them in my 20 years in the electronics business. When I first got my Axioms, I was highly impressed with the quality of the posts. I was expecting to see much cheaper ones at the prices we paid. I've used them with bare wire and banana plugs, they work great both ways. Sure, I've seen a few nicer ones, but not many.
Are you sure your bananas weren't compressed or worn out Spiff? You've got me very curious now. Can you post a pic of them? Maybe you got some from a bad production run. It could have been a machine or tool setup error on the batch that yours came from. Call Axiom, I'm sure that they'de send replacement post assemblies if you told them about it.
