WBT began making RCA plugs in 1985 – with the aim of creating mechanically robust plugs with an innovative design as an alternative to the various unreliable shaped sheet metal parts that ruled the audio market at the time. Twenty years on, company founder Wolfgang. B. Thörner still devotes his energy to ensuring that these tiny components used to connect hifi equipment are of the highest possible technical quality.

What began with the legendary WBT-0100 RCA plug and its patented collet chuck mechanism was successfully continued with the WBT-0645 angled banana plug, the incomparable WBT-0680 sandwich spade and, of course, countless superbly designed binding posts for loudspeakers. Almost all of these products have been patented, and today audio experts and, in particular, the trade press are waxing lyrical about the latest WBT innovation: nextgen. The company has taken advantage of new technologies to make a good solution even better. nextgen, the next generation of RCA plugs from WBT, puts the icing on the cake for music-lovers.

The focal point of WBT's operations is the new company headquarters in Essen-Kettwig, where ideas for new products are born and products are manufactured. From here WBT plugs are exported to countries around the globe. Product know-how, a high level of vertical integration and a pioneering spirit of innovation have made WBT a byword throughout the world for top-flight connection quality. This status is underscored by the long list of highly reputed audio equipment suppliers who equip their top-of-the-range products with WBT binding posts, for example.