Speaker Cable Termination


Because I have owned Mag 3.6 for awhile I have opted to use bare wire at the speaker/amp terminals. Non-scientifically, it seemed to me that there was no need to introduce something into the signal path that was not necessary. I have used bare wire with Kimber 4TC for over 10 years. As I am looking to upgrade my speaker cable, it seems I now have to consider termination. I say all this to pose the question of termination vs non termination on speaker cable. Thoughts?
xagwell

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After experienced with bananas, spades and none are working good for me and very expensive so I tinned the ends with 4% silver solder then tight them up to 5 way binding posts. Happy clam.
"applying a silver solder to the ends of the bare wires makes no sense since it decreases the contact conductivity"
You got to be joking, how much decreases in % ? Is there fact ? The solder acts like bonding agent to close all the air gaps of the strands to one solid wire for better conductivity. Look at all the circuits in all electronics what do the use to connect all the wires to?