Swiss Army Knife Came In Handy Today!

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From Amazon I bought 8 Fisual Easy Fix(!) Banana Plugs to make the speaker wire connections from my amp to speakers more secure and - hopefully, sound better. Anyway, I figured out what I had to do first then I went rummaging for a screwdriver needed in order to untighten the screws on each side of the plugs, enabling the wire to enter the plug and the screws to tighten, thus ensuring the cable was secure. Now, we've got at least 6 screwdrivers and NONE would fit the screws. As you can imagine, I was rather frustrated at that point BUT I'm not prone to giving up easily. I then spotted John's Swiss Army knife in the same drawer. He's had it years and I've never had the chance to use it..until now. My God I've never seen so many little tools in one place, it's amazing. To my great relief I found a knife in there that had an end that fit perfectly into the screws. BINGO! The job was a breeze after that..well, sort of! On the back of the amp there are little plastic bungs that I had to take out in order to place the banana plugs in properly. They're tiny but extremely finnicky to get out. I managed it with yet another little tool I found on the Swiss Army Knife! Hoorah! I've got all 8 plugs installed safely and has it improved the sound? Not 'arf! CDs sound miles better now; it's like I've bought a new speaker/amp combo. I was a bit skeptical it would work actually but now I'm "sold" on these cute banana plugs and shall order some more for the system I have at Mum's that already sounds awesome without them! I will test out my turntable later as I'm dying to know what that sounds like now. I love it when something so cheap makes a big difference to my music-listening pleasure!