Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion Technical Questions To solder or not to solder banana plugs

I went the plug route since i had a tendency to swap out speakers and play with things at least once a month.

Soldering required the use of a gun version as Haoleb said. I burned the outer jacket with feeble 40W pencil style and nothing was near melting.
I agree with Bren.
It does stink.

Maybe your 40W iron isn't as efficient as mine . I don't know what to say.

We all know your watts are more efficient than anyone else's, Mojo!

You mean you know about my half watt soldering iron ?

Ive found that I use my soldering gun much more than my iron for most jobs. Heats up nearly instantly and has plenty of power for nearly any job. The one i have is just the 30 dollar weller 100/140 watt that is sold mostly everywhere. If you do any amount of soldering reccomend you pick on up! Dont know why i waited so long before i bought one.

When attaching the banana plugs without soldering them, is there a better way contrary to the following which is recommended at monoprice (fraying the wire)? It seems tedious.

Banana plug intall guide

I just hooked all my cable up to bananna plugs from blue jeans cable. Same instructions there. I used little plyers to spread the wire and and bend it back as shown.

I felt like it made a good connection that way.

Tedious? How many are planning on doing? Sheesh! Just do it and get it over with!

Yeah, that's how those plugs work. If you don't like 'em, send 'em back and get some of the ones with little set screws.

That is a pain. The Axiom banana plugs works and looks like just like their speaker terminals, just slide the wire through the hole and tighten, couldn't be easier.