Correct way to attach speaker wires... Wait, what!!!

the connection just needs to flow an adequate current to not create a significant resistance

the speaker is like an electric motor and needs some current to move the cone, ribbon, or panel back and forth

there are conductive liquid polymers you can use to inhibit corrosion; otherwise any connection will be fine - you are not driving an arc welder

plenty of other things ot worry about (room treatments for example)

vinegar works - but why not just protect the connection so you don't have to clean it??

this is really a very simple thing - not that the crazed anti-vaxers won't try to post lots of silly

food vinegar or any vinegar WILL work - use a white vinegar to avoid getting thyme or tarragon your wires* - the lower acidity vinegars will simply take longer to alter Cu-oxide back to Cu

do they not teach chemistry in high school these days??

if you want find a photo lab with old chemicals and use the acetic acid they have - it can be diluted if need be

or...  simply abrade the wire ends

just BE SURE to observe the correct WIRE DIRECTIONALITY as you move the sand paper !!


* an exception would be if you play only the Provence Harmonic Orchestra