Electronics : Monster Cable QL GFP-H QuickLock Gold Flex Pin Connectors (2 Pair)

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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Monster
EAN: 0050644247194
Label: Monster Cable
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
Manufacturer: Monster Cable
Model: QL GFP-H
Publisher: Monster Cable
Studio: Monster Cable
Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty

Features:

Two piece screw-on design for easy and reliable crimpless and self crimping termination.
24k gold plated contacts for maximum signal transfer and corrosion resistance.
Wider base minimizes shorting for maximum signal transfer.
Special teeth and ring-lock for strong grip that stays tight for optimum signal transfer.
High purity copper braid for greatest flexibility for hard-to-reach binding posts or push pin terminals.

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Product Description:
Speaker wire is made from copper wire that can corrode very quickly, rapidly deteriorating the performance of your cables and the overall performance of your system. To avoid this, always terminate your speaker wire with connectors. The kind of connector you need varies with the kinds of connectors on the back of your amp/receiver and your speakers.Monster's QuickLock connector system is the fastest, easiest way to install the right connector to your speaker cable for maximum performance and reliability.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- High quality connectors when rolling your own is necessary
I'm fairly technically savvy, and a moderate audiophile. However, I wasn't looking for world class sound, merely competent sound for day-to-day use. With that use case in mind, I highly recommend this product. It is innovative in maintaining the flexibility of the connector for older or less precise speakers and terminals, and the overall design is sound.

However, there are a few caveats. My primary gripe is that the wire binding system, while effective, isn't great. The connector's seem geared at having *extremely* heavy gauge wire entering them, but were you to have such heavy gauge wire, I doubt they would be able to screw shut around all the bulk. Also, if you need so much quality that it demands 10 gauge wire (or bigger!), you really shouldn't be using a simple wire and terminal binding. Get some serious speaker cables with locking connectors.

Secondly, realize that these are not small connectors... they're actually quite large. In fact, the base is about a quarter of an inch in diameter, if not a bit more. This can make fitting two of these in close proximity (due to the close proximity of the terminals you're hooking them to) can be challenging. This problem is exacerbated by the frivolous extension of the metal up the connector body. Only the braided wire is ever going to be connected to something, but seemingly for aesthetic reasons (ironic, as these aren't works of beauty) the entire top half is all metal. This can cause the top halves of two connectors to touch when closely packed, and I don't need to tell you what that does for your sound quality.

If you can handle the size and odd wire-binding of these connectors, (neither of which affects their performance, hence the 4 star review) then by all means, grab them. They will certainly make wiring jobs easier.

Rating:

- Flexible Pin type Connectors may not be the best choice
The seller (savewithsteve) is great, got everything on time and as desribed. This feedback is nothing to do with the seller or his service.

I think there is a inherent flaw in this product. Although it depends on what you use it for, I would recommend going for Dayton BACT-GRB Banana Plug Pair (Compression Type). If you are thinking of using these in the wall plates which have pin type inlets, let me warn you - They are thicker and CANNOT be used. If I have to just use them in speaker and AV receiver, trust me banana types are much better choice.

They are just lying with me now, opened and unused. Maybe I will use them one day.

Rating:

- Superb connectors for "guillotine" style connectors
Even high-end Bose speakers can sometimes utilize "guillotine" connectors through which you have to feed a twisted end of braided speaker cable. Unless you're a whiz at this, you often can bend wire strands trying to feed them in.

These connectors are a SUPERB solution. The wire (whether thin gauge "zip wire" or thick Monster Cable wire) is splayed out in this connector and locked in securely via a screw in fastener. The flex tip then feeds into the speaker's guillotine connector with a minimum of fuss and ensures a low-impedance connection.

If you have a 6.1 system with all speakers sporting those kind of connections, you need three packs of these. Placed on high quality speaker wire, these connectors are a permanent solution. But don't worry, if you upgrade your speaker wire later, these connectors come off in a jiffy. Worth the price!

Rating:

- High tech connectors for old tech speakers
I used these for some old but excellent speakers without modern plug-in binding posts. They worked perfectly, and give me more peace of mind that I have a good connection to the speaker than just sticking the raw wire ends into the clips. I prefer using dedicated banana clips, but when that isn't possible these really do the job, and do it elegantly. I've used other screw in speaker connectors, but this system is much more secure, easier to use, and solid than the cheaper wire crimp style of attachment.

Rating:

- Great connectors... if they are not too close to each other.
I bought these to make it easier to connect 12 pairs of speaker cable to a 12 channel amp. The connections on the amp are temination board type (tiny screws and tiny holes on a connector board). The connections are very close together. The Flex pin does indeed make the connection much easier than trying to insert bare wire into tiny holes to screw down. But when attached, the Flex pin connectors are fatter than bare speaker wire, so when they lay next to each other, they are firmly touching. Unfortunately, some portion of the metalic top part of the flex pin connector (above the "Monster" name in the picture) must conduct the signal because I kept getting shorts in several of the speakers (no sound). To fix the problem, I had to use tape to cover the metallic top part of every other connector to prevent the metal tops from touching each other. Once I did that, there were no more shorts and they are working fine. I hope in the future, Monster corrects this issue.


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