Spade vs bare wire

Dave built me a pair of speaker cables with these. I very much like them! And his cables 😊

https://zenwaveaudio.com/product/furutech-rhodium-plated-spade/

“Connectors have their own sonic blablabla” lol what a crock!

So, you can't hear the differences? Must be nice to live in a mid-fi world.

To see what effect connectors have:
http://www.tempoelectric.com/Wire_and_Cable_Facts.pdf

All the best,
Nonoise

Hi,
@aberyclark, you can follow Kondo's approach and just tarnish with solder the ends, that would leave cable character intact.

Tinning is probably not the best idea:
 - Solder is soft and malleable, so connections tend to loosen over time and are thus not gas tight.
 - Tinning should be done in a solder pot
 - There are 2 dissimilar junction instead of one
 - Unless you are expert with proper tools and the correct solder, you run the risk of a 'dry' or incompletely wetted flow which are sonically awful.

Bare OFC cable is the simplest and easily the most convenient. Issues with oxidation, if they exist at all, can be dealt with a periodic clean once or twice a year.

Besides, concerns with any oxidation of speaker cable pale into insignificance compared to oxidation of cable used inside amps, speakers, the mains, the power station etc etc.

Paranoia City Arizona.