Alfa Core Goertz MI2

I went with the solid silver spades. As to which type of connectors are generally better, I really have no idea. I'm sure there are probably several good answers to the question. I just know that what I have on my speakers right now works great for me. That's the only opinion it comes down to in the end.

I use the Goertz jumpers on my speakers with the MI-2 Veracity cables. The jumpers are made from the same wire as the cables. These will set you back a whopping $20 if I recall. You may have to trim them to get them to fit as I had to, but t's easy to do and will work a lot better than the brass jumpers that came with your speakers.

Not much break-in time required. You should know how these cables sound within a 100 hours.

My MI-2 Veracity speaker cables came with the Zobel network integrated in the cable design, where the leads split off at the end (there is a blue wire that loops from one lead to the other). You usually need to indicate at the time of ordering that you want the Zobel's and Alpha Core will do this for you.

I faintly recall though that one of their engineers told me they are doing this standard now since the Zobel will not harm anything, just help in certain situations where through the use of the cables an amp may oscillate (according to Alpha Core these are usually solid state amps with negative feedback). You can go to their site and order the Zobel's (I think they are free) and install them yourself across the speaker binding posts (usually the top pair if you have a speaker that allows for bi-wire set-up). Alpha Core has more information on their site about this. Also, I believe there is a more elaborate DIY method explained on the Merlin site for building your own Zobel network.