Eichmann Bayonet plugs user experience

I think they're the best-sounding bananas I ever used, though I've gone to bare wire since I no longer have to switch speaker wires to change polarity (now have a polarity switch on my preamp). When I was using them I switched them hundreds of times without a problem, which should answer the "durability" question. Good luck, Dave

The main reason I went for the Eichmann bananas in the first place is that I had such good luck with the Eichmann RCAs, of which there must be at least 15-20 in my system. Many of these have beens soldered and resoldered (with different IC cable) numerous times . I did destroy one of the RCAs (broke off the ground pin) doing this, but that was a fluke. Obviously YMMV.

Not a dealer. Can't duplicate your experience. Yours may have been defective. Mine are still in fine shape, though I've gone to bare wire. BTW, I'm 79. Maybe you're too young to be able to handle them :-)

Okay, your problem was intriguing enough that I took some of mine and tried them in every banana jack I could find. In only one case -- one of those in-wall connectors -- the Eichmann was too long for the hole and didn't make a good connection. In every other case there was no problem at all, and these ones of mine have been used to death and are still totally serviceable.

Are you SURE you assembled them properly. You slide the metal part through the black plastic, then slide the blue plastic on the shaft and lock it to the blue part with a twist. I just can't figure out why this doesn't work for you unless there is something very strange about your banana jacks. Doesn't make sense. Dave

Well, unless they changed the design sometime, and the ones I see
advertised look exactly like mine, I simply can't understand the problem. The
KEY is making sure the blue barrel locks to the black plastic. Once this is
done, the thing is solid as a rock. Maybe the DNM importer missed this step,
although I can't imagine it, or it loosened after you got it. I've recommended
them to others who have reported zero problems, so again, I flat-out don't
understand what went wrong with yours.

BTW, I had some DNM interconnects, didn't think much of the way they
sounded, and ended up cannibalizing the Eichmann Bullet Plugs from them
and reterminated other cables with these. Still using them. Dave.

EDIT: I just found one of these I was using when I was experimenting with
the use of 14-gauge Home Depot wire as speaker cable. It was a bitch to
assemble because I was using THREE 14g wires into EACH Eichmann banana
before crimping it. I disassembled this one and it was in perfect condition.

I'm glad that one finally got solved. Thanks for posting. Dave