To trim or not.

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Just a quick question,is it OK to trim excess speaker wire strands.
I'm wiring up five b+w m1 sub-sat speakers and my cable is a bit too thick,so im wondering if it OK to trim down the excess to make the speaker cable fit in to the terminals on the speaker terminals
Thanks in advance.

 

[macdiddy]

are you trying to get the speaker cable into, if its spring terminals then something like this may solve your problem:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fisual-Easy-Speaker-Pins-Pack/dp/B00A3A1MN6/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1469723825&sr=8-7&keywords=speaker+cable+speaker+connectors

hope this helps.

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Its into the m1 baseplate connection where the cable goes.Its OK at the amp end.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

Use the pins in the linker above.

Loosing one or two strands in a 79 or more strand cable won't hurt, but loosing 10, 20 or more is going to set up a sudden change in cable impedance which will probably cause all sorts of problems.

 

[Benedict_Arnold]

Or just buy thinner cable ...

I presume you're talking about the sort of speaker connections where you have to push down on a tab then push in the wires BTW.

 

[spiny norman]

Don't think there's room for those pins in the base of these speakers, which have their terminals in the stand/bracket. The best solution seems to be the 'buy thinner cable' one.