Whenever possible use bare wire. I'll found that there is little difference between a spade/banana. However, there is a difference between the types of connectors and whether they are crimped/screwed or soldered. If your amp or int. amp has really cheap binding posts you might want to replace with something better such as Superior Electric BP30/31 gold-plated binding posts. Really good and very affordable. Bill.
Bananas Vs Spades???
Just curious. Someone on another thread mentioned that (WBT) banana terminations degrade the sound. Anyone ever compared spade terminations to bananas using the same speaker cables? Notice any differences? Sorry if this has been hashed over before.