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Thanks for that info. This was precisely what I needed to know, and the idea to remove that strip will cease right now. Thanks everyone for your other advice too, I appreciate that. Maybe I shouldn't have bought the 12 gauge wire for 120w speakers and amp. Just not necessary really eh? The...

Hi Vladimir, I have just edited my original post, would you mind to have a look at the picture? I will be using the thin type banana-pins, not banana plugs. These are the correct connection for using low gauge wire into spring loaded terminals. I've already bought the 4.0mm cables so would...

Hi everyone, I need some help. I hope that I can get sound advice - pun intended :) I bought an AVR from Onkyo which uses spring-loaded speaker-wire terminals. I'd like to use a 4mm thick (12 gauge) speaker wire, which requires the the addition of a banana pin to insert into such a terminal...

Thanks Benedict_Arnold, that's what I'll do then. I'll see if I can get a spare set of speakers to add to it. Thanks for the advice and info.

Hi Benedict_Arnold, You're absolutely correct about the push-in wire connections in the amp. I'm planning on buying banana pins (not banana plugs) to accommodate the 14 gauge speaker wire I also purchased recently. At one stage during my research I think I found that the HT R393 amp by Onkyo...

Hi there, Can anybody advise me on the capability of the Onkyo HT-R393 AVR for bi-amping? I bought bi-amp capable Wharfedale Diamond 10.1's, mistaken in my belief that I owned the Onkyo HT-R693 which IS capable of bi-amping. It says so in the manual. However I do not own that model, I own the...