Spade vs bare wire


Age old audio cable question. Im thinking of going spades for my next set of cables. I‘ve noticed banana plugs seem to loosen over time. However, bare wire might just be the best. Many old threads on this subject. 

Any thougts, experiences or even measurable differences?
aberyclark

Showing 1 response by erik_squires

Bananas IMHO are the least likely to loosen.

Spades are good, but only with soft metals. Using very hard terminals, and/or very hard spades leads to easy to loosen connections. WBT makes a type of spring loaded spade I like a great deal.

Otherwise, I like the low mass WBT type of locking banana best. I tried Furutech and they were literally garbage.