Thinking out of the box here. It might make some defensive


I was thinking, that all the different wire constructions and purities is pointless if they are tied to a connecter. How can the signal carry the purist signal when it has to be compromised by the mercy of a connecter. Why not make a solid wire out of the connecter and use the bare wire for the connecter? Same end result. I’m not an engineer but it seems to me it would sound the same. Right? The end product is only as good as its weakest link. I’m beginning to think speaker cables are too over rated . I switched out my $1500 cables for some 10 gauge $20 copper wire with bare ends and I will say if there was any difference it was slight. I do know my amp doesn’t clip like it used too. And music is louder and more dynamic. I tried some 12 gauge and couldn’t tell any difference from the 10. And yes all the cable lengths were 8 foot. If you want the purist signal then you would have to take the wire and run it right through the speaker and bypass the terminals. So my question to the electrical educated members here is how can the signal arrive intact if it has to be transmitted through a connecter and then to the speaker terminals. It makes me think speaker wire is not all that important. I’m just saying. I don’t mean to be starting a war here.
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XY, I doubt if very many people doubt that differences between cables exist. I suspect that many doubt (a) the correlation between cost and quality, and (b) the bang per buck.
As has been mentioned, connectors do not share the same characteristics as speaker cables or interconnects. As long as there is a secure and clean connection, wither using quality spades or pins or just direct connect with the cable, IMO and experience that there is no good or ill affects of the connection/connectors, as related to the sonic qualities of of the cables or components. Over the past 40 some years as an audio enthusiast, even though I'm not a snake oil kind of guy, I've come to the conclusion that there is a difference in both speaker cables and interconnects and it's not necessarily  a matter of biggest or most expensive, but the ones that are most sonicly invisible in your particular system and imparts the least amount of their own personality or coloration into your system. In this new age, where everything is going wireless, maybe the best cable is no cable.....Jim
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