WBT Connectors
German connector manufacturer founded in 1985, whose RCA and binding post designs are used by cable and equipment makers across the industry.
About WBT Connectors
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The connector standard other brands build to
Wolfgang B. Thörner founded WBT in Essen in 1985, dissatisfied with the RCA connectors then available. The company has worked on one question since: what happens at the joint between a cable and a component. Their connectors turn up on finished products across the industry, often unnamed.
nextgen is the clearest expression of the thinking. Conventional connectors are turned from brass, because pure copper is too soft to hold its shape, which puts a compromise metal in the signal path. Building the body from a plastic and metal composite let WBT use pure copper or fine silver for the conductor alone and strip out the surrounding mass that causes eddy currents.
The Circular Contact System, patented in 1991, clamps a conductor without solder or stripping. Since 2019 gold surfaces have been applied by PVD in a vacuum rather than electroplated, and the nextgen speaker connectors hold VDE certification, which is rare in this category.
The catalogue covers RCA plugs and sockets, binding posts, spades, bananas and the parts for building or repairing cables, all made in Germany. For anyone terminating their own cables, this is where the quality ceiling sits. Counterfeits circulate, so buy from an authorised source.
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£160.00Inc. VATAs the WBT-0102Ag with contacts manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation. -
£106.67Ex. VATAs the WBT-0102Ag with contacts manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation.
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£140.00Inc. VATAs the WBT-0110Ag with contacts manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation.
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£75.00Ex. VATAs the WBT-0110Ag with contacts manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation. -
£60.00Ex. VATThe RCA plug WBT-0114 is a product of the nextgen™ series, the next generation of WBT‘s RCA type connectors. -
£143.33Ex. VATAs the WBT-0152Ag with contacts manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation. -
£111.67Ex. VATAs the WBT-0152Ag with contacts manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation. -
£103.83Ex. VATAll classic WBT RCA sockets feature the same state-of-the-art. However, WBT-0201 and WBT-0244 are not screwed on the pc board, but mounted in the cabinet. -
£116.67Ex. VATThe Highest quality socket available on the market, with Pure Fine Silver contacts for both positive and negative connections. The contact is passivated so that the surface does not oxidise and impair contact quality. -
£128.33Ex. VATThe Highest quality socket available on the market, with Pure Fine Silver contacts for both positive and negative connections. The contact is passivated so that the surface does not oxidise and impair contact quality. -
£60.00Ex. VATBoth contacts, positive and negative, manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation. -
£73.33Ex. VATBoth contacts, positive and negative, manufactured from pure Oxygen Free Copper and plated with a thin layer of 24k Gold to provide protection from oxidation.
