Hi Fi speaker cables (1 Viewer)

[mark]

not sure if this is the place for this question, but here goes...

i bought some new speaker cable for my stereo. its good quality, heavy enough stuff. i was able to connect it to speakers no problem, but when it came to connecting it up to the back of the amp i had to thin out the wire to make it fit in the speaker clips. so my question is, have i just degraded my sound by thinning the speaker cable at the amp end?

ta.

 

[pete]

could you use banana clips?

 

[mark]

how would that help?

where would i get them? peats i suppose?

 

[pete]

sorry

banana plugs

 

[magicbastarder]

what sort of speaker terminals do you have? spring loaded clips, or threaded knob style ones?

 

[aoboa]

not sure if this is the place for this question, but here goes...

i bought some new speaker cable for my stereo. its good quality, heavy enough stuff. i was able to connect it to speakers no problem, but when it came to connecting it up to the back of the amp i had to thin out the wire to make it fit in the speaker clips. so my question is, have i just degraded my sound by thinning the speaker cable at the amp end?

ta.

No.

 

[GO]

No.

Seconded.It'll make fuck all difference.

And you can take that to the bank.

 

[mark]

nice one. thanks!

 

[GO]

Whats yer amp/speaker set up anyway?

 

[shower another shower]

Yeah, post a pick mark.

 

[GO]

Or at least serial numbers

 

[magicbastarder]

once of the biggest frights i ever received was when i cabled up my brand new amp and the damn thing switched itself off and flashing red lights. turned out a single strand of copper had shorted the speaker terminals.

thankfully, it has built in protection circuitry and the shutdown wasn't it blowing its intestines out.

 

[pete]

No.

but you can get to a point where there's too little wire left to make a 'good' connection, right?

i found the banana plugs were v.handy and avoided a lot of messing. pricey little bastards though considering you need two per speaker.

 

[ann post]

what about those little things you put over cable and crush, electronics lads know what thier calleD??

 

[theoootini]

cable crush covers?

 

[theoootini]

as long as there is even a tiny bit of proper contact between wire/speakers it shouldn't make a difference at all.

 

[pete]

it's the 'proper' contact i have a problem with. see: my centre speaker.

must fix that actually.

 

[theoootini]

dribble hot solder all over that shit.

 

[pete]

sounds like hard work. i'll probably just wire it properly... wiggling it about sorts it for the moment.

 

[aoboa]

What comes out of your amp is a high amplitude (amplified) relatevely low bandwidth signal. Once the connection is tight, even if it's only a few strands of wire making contact, you shouldn't notice any real difference.