Depends on the cable. For example now I have the Nordost Frey. It would be tough but not impossible to put all the strands through the binding post. Also they are silver and would oxidize too fast. That being said I ran unterminated copper stranded bi-wire cables for over 20 years. Until I took my speakers to different dealers to compare I had no reason to terminate them (except I would cut them back a couple of inches every few years). Then it became a nice convenience.
Why terminations on speaker cable?
I'm wondering why using bare leads with speaker cable is not more common. There is really never a case when any kind of terminator is going to result in clean conductivity since even if said terminator has more surface area to contact the binding post, it is still soldered to the wires at a single point.
Are speaker cables terminators just audiophile baggage?
I'm going to try some unterminated cables for my speakers.
At the very least I think it will likely be an improvement with HE speakers where voltages & currents never get very high anyway.
Are speaker cables terminators just audiophile baggage?
I'm going to try some unterminated cables for my speakers.
At the very least I think it will likely be an improvement with HE speakers where voltages & currents never get very high anyway.