Just twist the new exposed wire end one way until it is small enough to fit into speaker terminal on the receiver. If it is too fat, trim some of the fine strands off until it fits into the terminal.
Elementary Question on Shortening Speaker Wire
This is probably a very rudimentary question so apologies in advance. I have an old receiver that has spring clips for connecting the speaker wire. I have an extremely long piece of wire that I’m wanting to shorten. I cut it to size and stripped the sheathing on the end. I was thinking I could just connect the raw end of the wire into the receiver, but I don’t get any sound. Is this doable or am I supposed to solder the end first? I did notice that the other end (the end that wasn't cut) has a silver coating, which I assume is solder.
Thanks in advance and sorry if this is a dumb question.