1)    Has anybody found IEC female connectors which accept the wires through holes with screws coming down (as in 13A plugs) rather than by wrapping around?

With 1.5mm^2 T&E it's pretty difficult to get them to connect neatly? 

2)    How about cables with the connectors for the Analog Input on the Soundlab?

(I didn't fancy the effort of soldering  so I thought I'd buy the shortest cable possible and cut off the two ends.

I have bought two types but in both cases the plug tends to come out from the dimmer.

P.S. What is the official name for these connectors - DIN 8pin seems to be something slightly different.

Richard,

Never seen any rewirable iec 320 with better terminals and I have bought and wired thousands in my time they are horrible - for critical applications solder them, better still buy ready moulded ones, neater, cheaper and more reliable, a company like Interpower will make them up to order in any reasonable length - they are designed for 0.75 FLEX and will be unsafe if you try and put 1.5 T&E in them, I don't suppose you can get the strain relief on the cable or the lids screwed shut on the connector which will leave the pins floating!

The soundlabs do use din 8 ways - RS do a whole range of latching, screw and twistlocking types (for masochists) - you'll have to change the sockets of course for which you'll need the patience of a saint and a temperature controlled iron :-)  I'd rather wire IEC's!!!

 Attached is the soundlab manual (all 2 pages of it).