Oxidation and bare silver or silver coated wire???

"Spade's Bannana's just get in the way of the music."

I do not agree. If you crimp spade-lugs, you can get a lower resistance contact than with bare wire.

As for silver oxidation, there is no anecdotal evidence that oxidized silver sounds worse than non-oxidized silver. Silver oxide is a conductor. As a precaution for my customers, and in order to maintain longevity, I put chemical oxidation inhibitors inside of my silver cables, but it is probably not necessary.

"What happens to a silver cable which oxidizes is that the layer of oxide weights down the wire and changes the frequency at which it resonates, hence altering the sonic signature of the cable."

You are joking, right?

"Hey Audioengr, These chemical oxidation inhibitors you put in your cables.... what's their dielectric absorption? It wouldn't negatively effect the performance would it?"

Adds a tiny bit to the dielectric constant, but it is insignificant. The difference is so small it is really not measurable. The chemicals do not coat the wire.