@immatthewj shortening Kimber 8TC is not that simple, here is my advice: 1) strip isolation using good, matched to wire, professional stripper. check wires to ensure no damage made to wires. 2) use perfect fit ferrules and crimp-tool to get all wires together. 3) soldering, filling w/solder ferrules, will improve connection and integrity 4) ferrules can be used as final termination, shrink tube will help as well. 5) for more reliability and to make it look nice, use a solid, well built banana plug (I like Furutech), to put on top of ferrules.
Using non-terminated speaker wire?
From all that I have read here on A'gon, my speaker cables should be several feet shorter; but that's not my question. If I was to shorten my speaker cables and then simply wrap the bare wire around the posts of my speakers, wouldn't that make a better connection than either bananas or spades? I did read the "bent banana thread" going on here on this forum, and i did a search on the AQ banana terminals, and I could definitely go that way, but just wondering about the wisdom(?) of using bare wire versus terminals.
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@erik_squires +1 "The lightest movement of the speaker cable, whether you use bare wire or a spade and the nut comes loose” - Yep, bananas for speaker end are the best! I used Neutrik FL4FX series connectors for up to 80kW Pro-Sound setups, - w/o any issues! |
China “fakes” a lot of recent interconnect technology development, by plating over incompatible metal.. I see cracks and delaminated plating in the couple of Rhodium plated, very nice looking china’s own brands.. Japanese OEMs like Furutech have much better process, no issues with those..cost more tho |