Hmm... contrary to the advice I got from ProAc. When I got my ProAcs a long time ago, the advice was to use bare wire. When the copper wires get crushed under the speaker terminals, they will actually crush and the metal to metal connection will be gas-free, so no oxidization. My understanding is that the surface interfaces (wire to solder, solder to terminal, terminal to speaker terminal, etc) are what you are trying to avoid...
Are Terminals Necessary?
Howdy,
At the risk of sounding the simp, I'm wondering: are terminations at speaker cable ends really necessary? If I understand it, isn't the object to impose as few interferences between the source and the sound as possible? So do spades, bananas, etc. serve to improve sound or are they something else? This may sound incredibly obvious to many but I'm new to all this so I'd appreciate what ya'll got to say. Thanks and I really dig this site. Jerry
At the risk of sounding the simp, I'm wondering: are terminations at speaker cable ends really necessary? If I understand it, isn't the object to impose as few interferences between the source and the sound as possible? So do spades, bananas, etc. serve to improve sound or are they something else? This may sound incredibly obvious to many but I'm new to all this so I'd appreciate what ya'll got to say. Thanks and I really dig this site. Jerry