Best way of connecting bare wire to bare wire

I am a cable manufacturer that has just joined Audiogon, so I am not sure if its OK for me to comment here. Soldering is a good idea for joining wire. I would slightly favour getting a WBT crimp sleeve of an appropriate size, slip both ends in and perform a high pressure crimp. Then give it a coating of some anti-oxidising agent and heat shrink it to minimise air contact.

This may not be so practical for a one off job as buying a couple of sleeves may be tricky, unless you have a friendly dealer that has a stock. And you would want to borrow his crimp tool if you didn't have one.

Using a solid sleeve with screws, in my opinion adds too much metal to the transmission line and will pick up noise, and the potential for eddy currents, and therefore some small time smearing of the signal. That is only theory however, and whether you can hear the difference is a matter of conjecture.

Tell me if I shouldn't be doing this as I intend to market our cables here soon, and I don't want to upset anyone.

Sonia

I believe there's nothing wrong with commenting/posting, as long as you disclose the fact that you are a cable manufacturer.

The wire nuts suggested by Riley804 will make an excellent connection. However, you must take care that your audiophile buddies never see what you did. If the secret gets out say that the wire nuts are cryo treated.

Anyway you want will work fine - I tend to agree with Eldartford. Wire nuts are simple, secure, and inexpensive and there isn't any downside. Get the yellow wire nuts and say they are then refer to them as the Gold wirenuts - better yet, add a drop of paint on the outside market them for $39 a pair.

Sonia, I think most here would welcome your input, given your background, especially as you've declared your 'conflict of interest'. Welcome to Audiogon!

On the topic, my method for good physical and electrical connection would be to tightly twist the ends together, solder and then heat-shrink the join.