cherrcherryball
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I have some speakers that are around 50 years old, maybe more amazing Wharfdale speakears I got for free 10 years ago that I use for my plasma tv.
Up until yesterday All I did was use very thick speaker wire and push into the holes on the terminals and tighen then piece around it, worked fine but now and again lets say I moved a speaker it pulled out wire.
So I decided to for one thing twist the wire as much as I could and put solder on so it won't flake off and more solid but also use banana plugs.
First impressions was theres a little less bass overall but the other audio sounds crisper/more balanced as before the bass could sometimes drown out voices, but on the other hand I hear a slight audio "hum" when people speak or shout, very faint but I don't know if thats due to bad solder job or the plugs themselves
So either way are banana plugs themselves better or worse than connecting direct? And tinning the wire better or worse?
Up until yesterday All I did was use very thick speaker wire and push into the holes on the terminals and tighen then piece around it, worked fine but now and again lets say I moved a speaker it pulled out wire.
So I decided to for one thing twist the wire as much as I could and put solder on so it won't flake off and more solid but also use banana plugs.
First impressions was theres a little less bass overall but the other audio sounds crisper/more balanced as before the bass could sometimes drown out voices, but on the other hand I hear a slight audio "hum" when people speak or shout, very faint but I don't know if thats due to bad solder job or the plugs themselves
So either way are banana plugs themselves better or worse than connecting direct? And tinning the wire better or worse?