pros and cons to running bare wire


I am about to buy some Reynaud HP216A speaker wire and have heard they recommend no termination (I am waiting for a reply from JM Reynaud about this) I can understand this may sound better as it would remove 2 soldier connections per wire but are there any side effects or negative reasons to doing this.

any info is appreciated

thank you

Phil
philjolet

Showing 1 response by rlxl

Hi,
Silver, I believe tarnishes, ie, oxidizes, like all other metals. And you're right. A contact cleaner like Pro-Gold will clean the wire; thus you won't have to keep cutting off the tarnished bare wire.

Good listening to you.