Banana plugs or bare wire??

[admin_exported]

Hi i have reserved an onkyo 606 and thought i'd ask this question are the plugs purely for convienience or do you lose something by having plugs instead of bare wire?

 

[Gerrardasnails]

Convenience and you might not have to cut the wire back from time to time with plugs. You can get 8 plugs on ebay for about £5, so it's not a big expense.

 

[SpiceWeasel]

Well I was trying to plug in 3 lots of single wire and 2 lots of bi wire Chord carnival silver+ speaker cable into the back of my Denon amp. After trying for about 30 mins and strugiling due to the thickness of the wire I bought alod of cheap banana plugs. Once these where fitted to the amp side only it was a hell of a lot quicker and easier to plug them in.

The plugs are gold plated, and they where the screw on type so no soldering involved. I don't think you would notice any difference in sound quality from not using them. But they do make it alot easier.

 

[Anonymous]

They also cut down on possible short circuits.