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WanMan
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Link Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:08 pm Post subject: Cable me this |
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The cables I am using between the AVR and speakers are made by BJ Cables.
On one end are banana plugs and the other are spades. The posts on the AVR are prohibitively tight to use the spade end of the cables, but the spade openings are too small for the Paradigm posts. I've literally had to open said posts on the speakers and feed half of one side of the spade into the hole that is usually used for bare wire.
The problem with this approach is that the posts loosen in a relatively short period of time creating a crappy connection. Now before you ask me why did I not get both ends done in banana it was because I had never bought cables from BJ before and wanted to evaluate the connectors there were using.
Don't get me wrong, I like the cables ... a lot. I just do not know if BJ is using abnormally tight spade fittings or if Paradigm is using larger than expected posts.
Thoughts?
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Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 26690 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Link Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:15 am Post subject: |
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Get a couple of banna's and equilizer your blood sugar. You're getting silly.
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draganm
Joined: 08 Mar 2006 Posts: 8990 Location: Colorado
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Link Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:27 am Post subject: |
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I'm a big fan of bare wire, and IMO I think the very large stranded pure copper wire is best and sounds best. Or, at least it has much less surface area than the really fine stuff and therefore will oxidize more slowly.
Most connectors are Brass and your just introducing another impedance mismatch into the chain IMO. They do sell the really fancy pure copper spades or even Rhodium but once again it's another mechanical connection you don't need.
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