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Respectfully disagree Jon...........

Posted by kenster (A) on April 23, 2007 at 17:46:05

In Reply to: Here is what's wrong posted by Jon Risch on April 22, 2007 at 22:37:38:

.........while I don't discount your research into connector resistivity and connector solidity, and hold your research/opinion in the highest regard, I heard a MUCH better balance between drivers and a more natural presentation when I removed the Vampire spade connectors from a tri-wire harness of Acarian Sytems LTD. Black Orpheus speaker cable.

The cables are feeding the speaker after the outboard passive crossovers and connecting the copper/silver stranded wire directly to the unplated copper binding posts on the speaker provided the above observations.

Could the "differences" I hear be attributed to the increased resistivity in the connections that U measured? I know I can tighten down on the high count stranded wire quite effectively without loosing any strands that could have been damaged/severed in the previous connection.

May I present that even in a "Proper" spade lug crimp using normal hand tools, there will be some copper strand deformation. In a high pressure crimp, the strands would be deformed to the point of fusing together, thus the term "cold weld" would they not?

I really don't think a "cold weld" connection can be implemented with normal hand tools. One needs at least a ratcheting crimper or a high pressure crimp machine. IMHO, AQ does it best with their fusing of the connector/wire with high voltage welding, thus eliminating the degradation that even the best mechanical crimps provide.

JMHO of course and I'm sure I'll be "taken to school" on this but I am always eager to learn.

~kenster

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