Archimedes' Lever wrote:

"Phil Allison" wrote:
"Eeysore"

Can't use 4mm / banana plugs in the EU any more though.

** Completely false.

It is only 3/4 inch (19mm) spaced pairs that are banned from use as speaker
connectors due to an unfortunate compatibility with this thing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schuko

Leave it to the French to ignore the standards and practices of the
rest of the civilized world.

The last time I checked. Schuko was a German company.

Graham