Dekay, it makes sense to me that it would actually work best w/o a "connector" i.e. spade or bananna, but I just wanted to make sure there wasn't something I was missing. In years past, equipment didn't require these connectors, you just pushed down the lever and inserted the wire. I have tried using bananna's with spades in the past, to make connecting the equipment easier to connect, it clearly degraded the sound.
Can I connect speaker wire this way...?
I want to try a set of speaker wire that I have but it has bananna's on the amp end and the amp does not except them. For a trial period, can I remove the bananna plugs and use just bare wire and screw the binding post down on them? I would later add spades if I wanted to use them.