About the problem of breaking wires or stray wires shorting, a little dab of solder on the bare wire ends will normally take care of that.
I have never used them, but there are connectors I have seen that you feed your bare wire through and then turn two screws on the connector to tighten against the wire. Soldering not even required.
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I have never used them, but there are connectors I have seen that you feed your bare wire through and then turn two screws on the connector to tighten against the wire. Soldering not even required.
I see you are a new member here, joining today and this is your first post, welcome to Audiogon! Don't let member Albert Einstein above discourage you in anyway, there are many very helpful persons here more than glad to share their experiences.