Spades Verses Bananas?

Ideally, Spades

easier to keep tight

The best signal transfer from amp to speaker with the least resistance: Bare wire. 😎

''Real physics reminds us that audio cables only begin to exhibit subtle transmission line effects when some 3,500 feet long'' see here page #99

Mike

Some bananas are disappointingly loose. The spring loaded kind (aka Monster of old) are awesome. But that kind are hard to find pre-installed these days. Fitting spades is a hassle (especially with shorting straps on speakers). 

It's all a crap shoot sometimes.