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Why terminate speaker wire?

I'm apparently missing the point so can some knowledgeable person please explain why speaker wire termination is used?

It seems bare wire directly connected to the speaker / amp inputs / outputs would provide better current transfer than inserting two /  four  connections (one on each end) into the stream..  If the wire is to large to go into the connector or the speaker wire is being changed out all the time I could see it  and if bare wire is too hard to use couldn't just tinning the ends with silver solder be the best connection?

 

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pesky_wabbit
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If you use terminations, the less metal in them the better.

those Z banana thingies made out of thin gold plated sheet metal with a wiggly slit probably place the least metal between you and the signal out of anything I know - quite cheap too if you know where to look

 

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I know exactly where you are coming from. Yeah bare wire is the best - but for. how long? I too have settled on bananas as the best compromise, because there’s usually a little bit of spring tension in interface that you don’t get with normal spades.

I know cardas? I think make some spades with a sandwich construction with an elastiomer middle layer which provides some spring tension over the long term.

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