Banana plugs or directly screwing the cable.

[atishaysingh]

 

[alienmango]

My basic understanding is that screwing is generally better, but once every 6 months you should strip the ends off and rescrew to prevent oxidation from affecting the conuctance.

Screwing provides a tighter connection, in reality you would never hear the difference though.

 

[MajorFubar]

My speakers are on banana-plugs so I can shift them easily when hoovering. But I don't have any preconceptions that the plugs I use makes the speakers sound any better. If anything, it must make them worse (more connections in the chain). But there's no way I'd ever hear any difference.

 

[kmlav]

I'm with the major , i use banana plugs for ease when moving things about but IMHO they don't offer any sonic benefit.

 

[tiffany-r]

Bandanna plugs every time . Looks much tidier and much easier to remove and replace when needed.

 

[mikeparker59]

I use Banana plugs for ease of moving speakers. I've used bare wire before but really can't tell any difference

 

[chrisr1718]

I've used bare wire, spades and bananas, with the same amp and speakers, can't really hear a difference. Currently using bananas, mainly for convenience. Seems like thats the general consensus of opinion.

 

[SiUK]

You've got to connect it somehow and bananas make that easy peazy over and over again. That's why I use banana plugs. Makes you wonder how much contact is actually neccessary to make the connection. The surface area / contact area of some of those plugs must be minimal looking at the designs. I have always thought that a bnc type connector would do a much better job.

 

[namefail]

I'm a bare wire guy, but just because I'm cheap and Scottish. :dance: :cheers: :help:

 

[Dougal1331]

Bananas for me. My speakers are in the middle of a long room, facing one end, hence the rear of the cabinets are visible and the plugs look much nicer...

 

[atishaysingh]

Thanks every one... i have also realised how convenient banana plugs are...

 

[atkrhome]

Banana plugs for me too, so much easier when you move things about