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Best way of connecting bare wire to bare wire

Sorry if this sounds like a newbie question - I've always had speakers and speaker wires with banana type ends. Now I am trying the whole 'magnet wire' thing (solid core copper 14 awg) and also changing to Magnepan MC1's and MMG-W's. These speakers have multi-strand bare wires coming out of them, and my copper 'speaker wire' is bare as well. My question is, what is the best way to make a high quality connection between a multi strand bare wire and a solid core bare wire? Solder? Crimp connectors? Just wondering what people out there are using in this situation. Thanks!

Brad
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www.mmxpress.com/technical/connections.htm

Good photo illustrations of wire connections.
If you decide to soldier, use the 'Western Union' splice.
Use good quality Rosen Core solder, NOT ACID CORE.

I was taught to solder by a 'Mil Spec' guy and it is amazing how much detail he went into......At the real course they will cut your solder joints in half so you can see the quality.
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