Spades vs. Banana plugs ??

Bare wire at the amp end; I test the compression regularly. Bananas at the speaker end, strictly for convenience as I swap speakers, and I don't have much faith in switchers.

My tarantulas prefer bananas

I just recently switched speaker cables and started using Audio Art’s top of the line. Of all the bells and whistles, they have locking banana plugs.  So far, I’m thinking this is the way to go.

Deltron style banana plugs have the tightest fit and most intimate contact with the jack IME, w/o going to a locking banana.

I prefer bananas, but never feel like they make the connection that spades do For the same reasons like others have stated. I only buy used equipment so when I got my transparent cable, most of what I found were spade to spade  My older Wilson speakers do not accept bananas either  To the point that others have made about shorting out your amp, I always get super nervous connecting my speaker cables and never do it with the amp on  It seems that Cardas is the gold standard for terminals. I wonder why they make them positioned so close together. Why not have the physical apparatus 2 inches wide with more than enough space for either spade to do a complete rotation without risk of making contact?