RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post?

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Posted by madisonears (A) on February 16, 2018 at 18:44:42

In Reply to: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? posted by hal55 on February 16, 2018 at 00:37:53:

Vampire makes sturdy binding posts that are reasonably priced. They offer two lengths and two levels of quality/price: brass with gold plate and copper with direct gold plate.

You can tin the ends of leads with good solder and wrap the wire directly around the threaded portion between the two nuts, or solder them to the tabs on the ends of the posts. I doubt that whichever method you use will make or break the sound of your system. I've tried bare wire wrapped around and found that it does corrode before too long. I've tried tinned wire wrapped around. That's very secure, yet convenient if you plan to dismantle your connections in the future. I've soldered leads directly. Can't say for sure that I could detect a difference in sound among those three methods. I wouldn't use spades there because something might loosen and the spades could touch, plus then you're adding even another connection.

Peace,
Tom E
berate is 8 and benign is 9

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Topic - spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - hal55 00:37:53 02/16/18 (11)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - pictureguy 11:53:29 02/21/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - gordguide 11:46:26 02/21/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - Tweaker456 12:34:37 02/17/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - hal55 22:52:05 02/16/18 (1)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - mitch2 07:10:00 02/17/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - madisonears 02/16/1818:44:42 02/16/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - bcowen 15:31:34 02/16/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - mitch2 15:22:41 02/16/18 (1)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - Crazy Dave 09:15:36 02/19/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - Lou S 13:00:39 02/16/18 (0)

RE: spades or bare wire on the rear of a binding post? - Duster 11:17:00 02/16/18 (0)

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