Bare speaker wire connections

[John22614]

Curious how many of you use bare speaker wire connections and how you deal with wire corrosion. I just replaced my speaker wires using 10 gage 8 foot runs with bare connections to both my amp and speakers and it sounds really good. How often do you think I need to cut back the wire to deal with corrosion?


I had been using 14 gage bi wires with banana plugs prior to this but was concerned about the quality of the connections. Could very well be a placebo affect, but the new wires seem to produce smoother highs. Curious if any of you have had similar experiences.

I'm using a good quality but basic dollar a foot Blue Jeans copper wire.

[wettou]

I use Mogami Cables with Audioquest CF-BFA Banana plugs Silver

[theblue]

my logic says that it's only going to corrode where it's not touching, so the connection point should be good.

also, you can clean them with a pencil eraser, you shouldn't need to cut.

Also, I've always heard that the fewer connections the better, so bare wire should win really.

[TommyV]

Also, I've always heard that the fewer connections the better, so bare wire should win really.

Yes it is called resistance. The less, the better. All those connectors are really just for looks and convenience.

[1oldguy]

I've heard it said that anything other than bare wire acts as a sort of tone filter.Whereas bare wire avoids this.Any truth to this?

[John22614]

My feeling was the same.....that it should only corrode where its not touching the connection surface, so I won't worry about it. By the way, I went from bi-wired to single large scale wire and didn't hear any loss of sound quality.