I also don't buy into the alleged sonic differences between bare wire, bananas, and spades. That difference seems to potentially be so absolutely tiny as to render opinions kinda silly (or allowing listeners who do claim to hear differences to feel "special," which might help those with inadequacy issues), but that's to be expected around here...Use high quality versions of any connectors and you're gonna be fine. Note that bananas do have the advantage of providing potassium, and spades can be used for gardening.
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My ancient (1979) Vandy 2Cs accept only bananas. My Anticables were terminated with spades (for previous Monitor Audio Silver 8s). After cutting off the spades, I doubled back the ends of bare wire and seated them firmly into the 2Cs. Listened that way for a year or so, then curiosity got the best of me. Cold-welded bananas to said wire, drove 'em home where they belonged and listened. Honestly, I wasn't expecting ANY difference, but there was. Better defined bass. Expectation bias definitely didn't play a role- I wasn't expecting any change at all. I realize I didn't compare different legitimate connections since the Vandy terminals were not designed for bare wire, but anyway... Tom |
Dave built me a pair of speaker cables with these. I very much like them! And his cables 😊 https://zenwaveaudio.com/product/furutech-rhodium-plated-spade/ |
“Connectors have their own sonic blablabla” lol what a crock!So, you can't hear the differences? Must be nice to live in a mid-fi world. To see what effect connectors have: http://www.tempoelectric.com/Wire_and_Cable_Facts.pdf All the best, Nonoise |
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