Connecting Amp to speakers

The humble banana plug, has not changed in its basic design since it’s invention, which I believe to be around 1929, many adaptations, but all following the basic design, so am I right in assuming this is the most efficient way to connect all these high end speakers and amps, which are discussed in these columns in great detail with their perceived audio attributes, along with speaker cable costing mega bucks, and all connected, I am assuming, to each other by a banana plug. Maybe the top flight kit has an alternative connecting system??

393gadget04-05-2022 5:45pm

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lowrider57 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,417 posts 04-05-2022 at 11:41pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I’ve found that binding posts on speakers come in two widths. I think spades make better contact than bananas, but when I changed to my latest set of speakers, the spades were too wide. Luckily there are spades with a variable size... https://douglasconnection.com/product/vampire-wire-ss9-spade-connectors-2-pair/
larryi Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,106 posts 04-05-2022 at 11:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The correct answer is: spade, bare wire, pin (the small cross drilled hole in the shaft takes a solid pin attached to the wire), banana jack, and double banana jack.
imhififan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,212 posts 04-06-2022 at 02:11am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete What are the five ways that speaker wire can be connected to such posts? Bare wire Banana plug spade lug the wrong way Alligator Clip is "the wrong way"
jjss49 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,612 posts 04-06-2022 at 04:52am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete in my experience all connection methods can be made to work fine... it is a matter of preference and how much work is needed to make a certain way work
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,089 posts 04-06-2022 at 05:44am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete My vote is for banana plugs. Sometimes you think that you have a spade really tight...and it falls off when you move the cable a bit.