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.
Yes. There's a lot of left outside the part that is inserted so good to have it well insulated. Plus it looks nice. :)
I don’t think so, unless the total gauges is bigger than 10. If you find it doesn't feel like it's gripping all of it consider crimp-on sleeves like they use for WBT and Furutech. Relatively cheap here. |
@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. |
@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! |
Thing is perhaps the voicing of cable and connector are spot on, may be changing voicing without them. Oxidation another concern so you tin them with solder, solder can change the voicing. When you think about all the dissimilar metal used in cabling and connectors really is a complex issue. Personally I rather like most of my cabling with rhodium connectors, voicing of system based on that, really no upkeep with rhodium. I do use bare wire connection with my Rel subs. |
