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Ordered the parts and hooked this up last night. Working great so far! Thanks guys!

hahaha thanks guys! This is great info. I've actually been using some leftover 16 AWG monster XP originally purchased for the satellite speakers to connect the terminals on the C3, but it's always felt like a "hack." Using proper connectors and staggering them should help make it feel more official, and put my mind at ease. I still have a ton of monster cable left over from college (I worked a stint at Best Buy, but I feel like I've forgotten more than I learned), so running lower gauge isn't really expensive I've been running 5.1 for years, but I love the 7.1 setup. I tend to move every other year or so, and thus one of the moves I lost the connectors for the C3, and one place the living room was hardwood, so I stopped running the 7.1. But I'm in my own place now, and I'm tempted to hook it all back up. It's so fulfilling to hear PS4 or even blue rays move from one side of the room to the other across the audio channels.

Ok, I understand what you are saying now (I wrote the previous response before reading @wvu80's post). Thanks, guys. I'll give this a try!

The Synergy series are roughly 10 to 12 years old. I think it's the shorter length, at least on the C3. The F3s seem to have a different brace that appears longer (but I'll have to take it back apart to be sure). I actually really like the idea you suggested (forgoing the gold plates), but forgive the ignorant question: if my receiver (Yamaha HTR-5790 [back panel]) only supports L/R for the center, I would then need a pre-amp in order to connect two sets of 12 AWG wire, correct?

I have a set of Synergy F3s, a C3 and S3s with the accompanying powered subwoofer. One of my speakers (the C3) has lost the L-Shaped gold-plated metal connector that connects the upper and lower terminals to one another. I've made do with a cheap hack (some speaker wire connects the top to bottom), but I'd really like to fix this the proper way, The trouble is that I can't seem to find a connector like this (although I will admit I've only recently begun my search, and it's not exhaustive). Could someone point me in the right direction? I have attached a picture of the speaker terminals on the F3 that have not been lost. Here's the speaker in question: http://www.klipsch.com/products/c-3-center-speaker