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In Reply to: Bare wire vs spades posted by Markhh2 on March 9, 2005 at 08:26:31:
I know people have done away with the binding post and solder the speaker cable directly onto the speaker. The drawhack with that, as many have noted, is that changing cables is a big hassle.
I wonder if anyone has tried a halfway measure. Join the wire from the speaker with the cable. Wrap the joint with teflon tape and tighten with a clamp. Would that make sense?
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and is not an ideal way to shield the connection from degredation. The seepage of gas is slow, but occurs nonetheless.Additionally, clamped wires can be unstable and may have varying degrees of resistance along the length of the clamp. Properly soldered and varnished would be more stable over time. The keys are the proper solder joint and the composition of the solder.
Thanks. I take the point that proper soldering would be the best solution.
But assuming one wants flexibility, doesn't clamping has the same effect as using bare wires with a binding post, as far as varying degrees of resistance is concerned?
doesn't clamping has the same effect as using bare wires with a binding post, as far as varying degrees of resistance is concerned?
A binding post clamps a round (I am assuming here) wire to a flat, stable surface. Clamping two wires is clamping two round, unstable surfaces together. Though the differences may be minor they will exist. The question is whether or not you can hear them with your ears on your system.
Seems like that would work.I know some people who use binding post to accomplish the same thing as the clamp you are discussing...so the quality of the post doesn't matter.
The idea of using teflon tape is to not introduce extra metal, the whole point of a direct connection without the binding post.
I didn't quite explain it well. The binding post is not connected to anything!The wires are joined together and the post acts as a clamp.
Nothing should be flowing through it because the connection is direct.
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