Bare wire speaker termination - not a complete contact

[stanleyk]

I have just changed from QED silver bi wire to a copper run and jumpers. However, the hole in the termination at the speaker end is not quite big enough for both sets of cable, I have managed to get enough of some of the jumper cable in but not fully, how much of an impact will this have on sound? Should I look at getting some terminations on this end as soon as possible? I have had a look and am not sure I can fit bananas, what are thoughts on spade ends for this purpose?

Thanks in advance

 

[Andrew Everard]

What are the speakers?

 

[Anonymous]

stanleyk:
I have just changed from QED silver bi wire to a copper run and jumpers. However, the hole in the termination at the speaker end is not quite big enough for both sets of cable, I have managed to get enough of some of the jumper cable in but not fully, how much of an impact will this have on sound? Should I look at getting some terminations on this end as soon as possible? I have had a look and am not sure I can fit bananas, what are thoughts on spade ends for this purpose?

Thanks in advance

What matters is the overall resistance of the cable, so missing out a few strands from the terminal won't affect the way the speakers sound.

 

[stanleyk]

Currently Celestion F10, looking at gettting a richer/warmer sound, hence the move from silver to copper, hoping to upgrade in fututre, probably to BR2, but need the cash first.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Well, the brochure shows banana plugs going into the terminals, so I guess it's possible. Don't have a pair of speakers to hand to check.

I think in that case bananas on the main cables, with spades to bananas or spades to spades on the jumpers, is the way to go.

 

[stanleyk]

Thanks for looking, any tips on getting the plugs out of the bak of the termination? I had a quick go last night and ended up with a broken off end of plug, leaving the bung in the post.