What say you binding posts or direct wire?
If I can get away with it I don't use BP. I find even the best like Mundorfs etc all sound inferior to direct wiring. Seems illogical to me to use costly cables hooked up to a binding post and then having just hook up wire after the posts. I get better-sounding results just by using quality speaker cable wired directly into my networks with the same cable type after to transducer.
“I get better-sounding results just by using quality speaker cable wired directly into my networks with the same cable type after to transducer. ” This sounds like a case of, 1) Cheap binding posts with poor metallurgy or 2) I have tweaked everything else in my system to nth degree +1, @coralkong |
Every connection is an additional risk of signal degradation but I’ve never had any issues with simply using bare wire on binding posts. Basically all non tarnishing connectors should be fine. Therefore I’d avoid cheap banana plugs, especially the soldered kind that need cleaning/polishing every few months. |
I am a believer in the low mass theory of connections. To summarize it simply, don't put a large mass of copper that the electrons have to "fill up" as the signal goes out of the amp or into the speakers. I'm not saying it is a game changer or that those of you that use binding posts can't sound great. It's just a tweak I believe in. I make my own low mass binding posts out of 3/16" diameter 6N copper bored out to accept a connector. I mount them in the center of a piece of 3/8" threaded nylon to fasten them to the amp or speaker. For low mass connectors I use the bodyless BFA connectors (google them). Excellent results. Jerry |
