There seems to be an awful lot that you do not know!
You seem to be infected with that strain of "Audio Nervoso" that concentrates your mind on the ultimate tweak rather than listening to and enjoying your music! So many have gone before you, many succumbing to wild diversions into snake oil and woo. Pity.
I have read of good things about crimping & when you think about it, it is always good to have the most secure contact of your wires connected as tightly as possible to each other or connector & then solder but I have not used crimps myself. My learned counterparts whom have been duelling back & forth with me here likely have advice on that one for you buuuut again, I get down upon my knees & lay my head across the block....my experience with spinning wires around a terminal or each other & then soldering is a degradation to the sound & so I do my best to bind them tight together side by side with fine pliers as I apply solder & the same to a "chock, cough" post or terminal 😉
To my learned friends here I am trying my darnedest to figure out why you are not able to hear such simple & fundamental basics I have been sharing of here, were you in the military & received hearing damage or to many rock concerts, a childhood sickness that affected your hearing maybe? I'm not afraid to take chances & sure I have not been paying close enough attention or slipped inside a box shorting something out that cost me but still I live on the edge & so try to make sense of how you guys have come up with your ideals plus, put a wire where a fuse & fuse holder should have been for the gain in WOW factor! Hahaha. You know personalities freeze in their development when one becomes a substance dependent, maybe here the audio junkie disease has haunted your ability to go back to the very basics & learn somethings you have missed out on in your early growth in this HOBBY!, not a religion or self-identity based on scientific theorem ? Man I love you guys & your rigidity. I'm going to leave you guys to it & just enjoy the music as it just plays in my head 😉
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The best terminal is the one that is not there. If you know your speaker wire length & it aint likely to change. Hard wire the cable to the XO or the speaker if its a x overless full ranger and sidestep the issue all together screw the bare wire into the amp terminals. Just treat them withan antioxidant as oxides and copper are not a good mix. If anything keep the teminal materials the same ie copper to copper to avoid bi- metallic corrosion. That is a minute electrical discharge between dissimilar metals that leads to quite severe corrosion and oxidation over time. Metallurgy 101 really. Curiosly absent from most discussions of the subject in audio.
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The simple BFA connectors.
Like this... http://www.ebay.es/itm/4-x-Pailiccs...380401?hash=item35db7898b1:g:xuwAAOSwLa9UYMZt
or
http://www.ebay.es/itm/4-BFA-4mm-BA...hash=item43b8dd75c1:m:mojCyC635vXM61WDl2HnATQ
They haven low mass, very good contact and are cheap.
Cheers
Like this... http://www.ebay.es/itm/4-x-Pailiccs...380401?hash=item35db7898b1:g:xuwAAOSwLa9UYMZt
or
http://www.ebay.es/itm/4-BFA-4mm-BA...hash=item43b8dd75c1:m:mojCyC635vXM61WDl2HnATQ
They haven low mass, very good contact and are cheap.
Cheers
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I have been, or played, in loud concerts over the years, so yes, my hearing is degraded... frankly, it was worth it.... I have enjoyed all of it immensely.
But, I'm willing to keep an open mind. Do you have some measured evidence of the improvements hard wiring does, compared to using connectors?
If you tell me that it can't be measured because it's in the air between the notes (as I have heard before), I'm outta here.
Music appreciation is a feeling, and like most feelings, is different between individuals. But improvement from A to B can be measured. Otherwise, it's just wishful thinking.
Looks like another case where the OP has long since regretted asking "a simple question" - I'm guessing (s)he is enough of a newbie to these fora not to realize there's really no such thing.
If we were to get back to that question, the answer might be - "yes" - in other words - 👎either
If we were to get back to that question, the answer might be - "yes" - in other words - 👎either
I posted (no pun intended) these in a previous thread
BP-1000 BINDING POSTS SERIES- LOW EMF
Very high current rating: 30 amps
Lowest impedance of any binding posts <50 μΩ
Rugged design
Caps resistant to fracture
Very low thermal emf
Gold-plated tellurium copper body
Polycarbonate insulators
Thy look similar to the Superior electrics, but the sups are brass not tellurium copper...
No price on their webpage so?
regards
james
BP-1000 BINDING POSTS SERIES- LOW EMF
Very high current rating: 30 amps
Lowest impedance of any binding posts <50 μΩ
Rugged design
Caps resistant to fracture
Very low thermal emf
Gold-plated tellurium copper body
Polycarbonate insulators
Thy look similar to the Superior electrics, but the sups are brass not tellurium copper...
No price on their webpage so?
regards
james
Look OK to me.
Since they are neither simple, nor fundamental basics, that may give you a clue. Picture the following scene in your mind.
Person A/ 'This makes a huge improvement in every single case without exception.'
Person B/ 'Not in mine it didn't. Or in the multiple different direct comparisons I have performed with a number of otherwise identical loudspeakers. Since I currently earn an honest crust designing loudspeakers, I tend to have some small experience in exactly this field.'
Person A/ 'There must be something wrong with you and anyone else who says something I don't want to hear, since my statement that it makes a huge improvement in every single case without exception can't possibly be wrong.'
Nope, although I am a naval historian (doesn't pay the bills though). They wouldn't have me. I have this strange aversion to taking orders.
Nope. I'm 38 tomorrow as it happens. Last time I checked my hearing, I was still good for about 18KHz, nominal.
A gripping narrative to be sure, but I fear it does not constitute evidence that your claims are universally valid.
I don't have many of those.
So you're happy suggesting people bypass basic safety features, at great potential cost (homes, lives etc.). Interesting.
Ah, the personal insult. The perennial resort of the desperate throughout the ages.
Excellent.
Since they are neither simple, nor fundamental basics, that may give you a clue. Picture the following scene in your mind.
Person A/ 'This makes a huge improvement in every single case without exception.'
Person B/ 'Not in mine it didn't. Or in the multiple different direct comparisons I have performed with a number of otherwise identical loudspeakers. Since I currently earn an honest crust designing loudspeakers, I tend to have some small experience in exactly this field.'
Person A/ 'There must be something wrong with you and anyone else who says something I don't want to hear, since my statement that it makes a huge improvement in every single case without exception can't possibly be wrong.'
Nope, although I am a naval historian (doesn't pay the bills though). They wouldn't have me. I have this strange aversion to taking orders.
Nope. I'm 38 tomorrow as it happens. Last time I checked my hearing, I was still good for about 18KHz, nominal.
A gripping narrative to be sure, but I fear it does not constitute evidence that your claims are universally valid.
I don't have many of those.
So you're happy suggesting people bypass basic safety features, at great potential cost (homes, lives etc.). Interesting.
Ah, the personal insult. The perennial resort of the desperate throughout the ages.
Excellent.
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My ONLY complaint against SpeakOns is that they stick so far out of the back of the cabinet. I know you can get 90 degree angled ones, but they still stick out farther than I like.
Cheers Colin. 🙂 Hope all is well at your end.
Agreed, they're a much more practical solution for many, or would be if more people started using them. It might help if some of the big commercial brands started offering them as an option on their products.
Agreed, they're a much more practical solution for many, or would be if more people started using them. It might help if some of the big commercial brands started offering them as an option on their products.
True, that is a bit of a downside, especially if space is tight. Still, while they're not a panacea, the advantages tend to outweigh the issues.
Which is why I very much like the cheapie little recessed plastic cups - even the Pomona style dual banana plugs extend less than 1" from the back panel. Of course if you really want to hide the terminals, they can fit on the bottom
TBH, I'm surprised base-plate mounted terminals haven't been used more often, it's a very neat solution.
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