WBT speaker binding posts

[CageyH]

I am looking at some WBT 730 binding posts.
They are made of copper alloy. My concern is that brass is a copper alloy....
Has anybody used these, and are they any good?

I need speaker binding posts that fir the 19mm between centre standard, as my case has been drilled to this.

Another option is https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/binding-posts/viborg-bp-604-g-binding-post-silver-gold-plated-24k-5-pure-copper-o45mm-set-x4-p-12771.html

Any thoughts on which is best to get, or a good alternative?

[Wakefield Turntables]

I'm very sure that CMC binding posts at HIFI collective are solid copper and much cheaper.

[CageyH]

The CMC ones are listed as being "Brass" on some of them.
Ideally I want to buy in Europe, as I can see the French customs starting to play silly buggers with anything coming from the UK.
I have not found a source for CMC here yet.

They will need to be plated, so that O don't have to keep cleaning them, as once tarnished, they won't sound as good.

[mad-moon]

any good??

https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/binding-posts/viborg-bp-614-binding-posts-pure-copper-o45mm-set-x4-p-14451.html

[CageyH]

No idea.
Does anybody have experience of Viborg connectors?

[mad-moon]

or a shorter length 99euros for 4..

https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/binding-posts/viborg-bp-604-binding-post-pure-copper-o45mm-set-x4-p-12770.html

[mad-moon]

I haven't bought any plugs off this seller...but I have bought quite a bit of cable from them...Yarbo...Viborg and Neotech...all excellent quality gear and the service is very good...I think it's gonna have to be a csae of suck it and see...

[CageyH]

Thanks.
I have used Audiophonics quite a bit.
I trust them as a seller, but the question is, is the Chinese "pure copper", actually brass?
The WBT 730 are actually a copper alloy...

[CageyH]

There is so much fake stuff around.

Look at these WBT RCA connectors - https://www.amazon.fr/ESden-WBT-0144-connecteurs-souder-plaqu%C3%A9s/dp/B07X5JP7HN/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=WBT&qid=1607200196&sr=8-9

https://www.amazon.fr/TOOGOO-Pi%C3%A8ces-Prise-Verrouillage-Connecteurs/dp/B07P8VJNN8/ref=sr_1_21?dchild=1&keywords=WBT&qid=1607200196&sr=8-21

[mad-moon]

There is so much fake stuff around.

Look at these WBT RCA connectors - https://www.amazon.fr/ESden-WBT-0144-connecteurs-souder-plaqu%C3%A9s/dp/B07X5JP7HN/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=WBT&qid=1607200196&sr=8-9

https://www.amazon.fr/TOOGOO-Pi%C3%A8ces-Prise-Verrouillage-Connecteurs/dp/B07P8VJNN8/ref=sr_1_21?dchild=1&keywords=WBT&qid=1607200196&sr=8-21

I've got some of these plugs from China and believe it or not the quality is excellent......but they are deffo not copper....they're brass...I've just filed one pretty deep...

[Marco]

Kevin, go for the Cardas - guaranteed solid copper (I use them on my amps), and they are superb. Available here from the EU:https://avcorp.pl/product-eng-3556-Cardas-CCBP-L.html

Marco.

[CageyH]

Well it seems that the WBT 730.11 are brass as well.

WBT-0730.11, Signature

With the same manufacturing design as the WBT-0730.01 (see below) but created using cold rolled 68% copper alloy. The connector is then plated with a single layer of 24k Gold to protect against oxidation. Finally, it is polished by hand to give an extreme finish.

[mad-moon]

Kevin, go for the Cardas - guaranteed solid copper (I use them on my amps), and they are superb. Available here from the EU:https://avcorp.pl/product-eng-3556-Cardas-CCBP-L.html

Marco.

these look like a better option again...they are even smaller form than the Viborg ones...which is better again for your 19mm clearence between your posts....and there's no mistaking what the material is looking at that picture...

[CageyH]

Kevin, go for the Cardas - guaranteed solid copper (I use them on my amps), and they are superb. Available here from the EU:https://avcorp.pl/product-eng-3556-Cardas-CCBP-L.html

Marco.

:thumbsup:

Interesting reading - https://www.madisound.com/pdf/printcatalog/WBT.pdf

Brass is around 65 to 70% copper, so why do they say there is a difference between the 68% and brass connectors?

[CageyH]

Kevin, go for the Cardas - guaranteed solid copper (I use them on my amps), and they are superb. Available here from the EU:https://avcorp.pl/product-eng-3556-Cardas-CCBP-L.html

Marco.

No stock...

[CageyH]

So, in pure copper we also have CMC (Charming Musical Connector) available from HiFi collective, but I could not find stock in the EU.
In the end I have gone for some Viborg. They seem like a serious HiFi company, and state they are pure copper.

Will they make any difference? I very much doubt it....