fcbarcelona

Thanks for feedback everyone - I will try the Western Union + solder.

While remodeling my apartment I ran what I believe is 10 gauge speaker wire from my livingroom to my kitchen. I purchased a Niles volume control which is designed to fit in a standard single-gang box, taking input wires from the receiver in the source room and connecting them with speakers located in the remote room. I have been able to establish that the wire runs are fine (they have full continuity), but the volume control does not accept the thick wires and when I try to use banana clips or other terminations that reduce the thickness, the heavy wire still causes the mounting blocks (snap-in terminals), to pull away from the volume control unit. I am considering creating a splice that converts the 10 gauge to 14 or 16 gauge. By doing so, the greater flexibility of the smaller wire would likely address the terminal disconnect issue and also allow for direct plug into the posts without clips. Will a splice work? Will I experience significant quality/power loss? Any recommendations on how to splice (wire nut? Soder?). Thanks for the help.