Kain Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Do you use a bare-wire speaker connection? Is there any "bad side" in doing so? Do I have to get some sort of speaker connector (such as spades)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblue Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I use bananna plugs on the amp end (for convenience), and bare wire on the speaker end. I have used all sorts of connectors on the speaker end, with no audible difference. I think it all boils down to preference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easylistener Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 How often do you change the wire/speaker arrangements? That is the only thing I have found the advantage to be with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruinsrme Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I use bare connections on my surrounds. Fronts and center have spades. From the amp to the wall connections banana but I did not put wall plates in for surrounds. I will be changing my speaker config 1 more time. In the past 6 months I have changed config and speaker systems a dozen times or so. But after the 7.1 is setup I don't forsee any further changes. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt1stcav Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I have used everything from pins, spades, and bananas; they were all used because certain equipment called for specific termination. I now use bare wire for my Cornwall/MC250 combo because the original spade connectors were too big physically to fit within the confines of the terminal strips on my amp and Cornwalls. If I had 3-way binding posts on the Klipsch and McIntosh, I'd be using banana plugs. As far as I'm concerned, speaker cable connectors do not add any sonic improvement to your loudspeakers or to the overall sound of your audio system. They are designed for your convenience to whatever equipment you may own, and to how often you remove/reattach them. FWIW, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00n Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Kain, I think it's more of a convieniance factor is all... I have connectors to the back of my receiver for all speakers, but bare wire connecting to the posts on my speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted March 5, 2003 Author Share Posted March 5, 2003 Thanks. However, I also read that connectors prevent corrosion at the binding posts. Is this true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 As soon as some IC's come in, I'll be doing some A/B comparisons of some of the receivers I've got laying around here. In order to minimize the memory-killing lag-time when switching cables, I'll use a Woods amp/speaker switch, and some "jumpers" terminated with Radio Shack flat pins ($3 for a set of 4). This will be mainly for convenience (bare wires always seem to need re-twisting, and there are always stray strands hanging out, and flat pins fit the most connectors), as opposed to ultimate sonics. fini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I use bare wires on all of my connections. I find that the bare wires work just fine if you are not going to be switching things out all of the time. That's about all I have to say on the matter. Peace, Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-malotky Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I too am a bare wire user. I had a bannana plug fall out of a push pull amp I was using in the 80s, fried the amp on the spot. Been bare wire ever since. JM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEAR Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Spade all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oogins Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Spade on speaker side, banana on amp side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easylistener Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 Banana's are nice on amps with close posts, like ht amps. Other than that there is no other advantage, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kain Posted March 5, 2003 Author Share Posted March 5, 2003 Thanks. By the way, do you think these are good cables? Or should I go for the Monster Cable MCX1s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkbks Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 I use bare wire (solid Audioquest) from Adcom amp to Cornwalls. Bare copper will oxidize over time so once or twice a year, pull and clean them with a contact cleaner or occasionally I just sandpaper them back to brightness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
space_cowboy Posted March 5, 2003 Share Posted March 5, 2003 All bananas on the receiver end because it looks clean, and it's a real pain to feed bare wire into the binding posts, plus with only one set of mains right now, it's a snap to disconnect from the AVR and plug into the mono blocks for 2-channel listening. Bare on the surrounds because they are mounted flush to the wall (spades would probably work there). More bananas on the mains and center because I like bananas, or was it Bananarama? Grunt Grunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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