I guess I just never thought of speaker cables as furniture.
Dude, how hard is it: the back of speakers and cables are very visible due to room and house set up. so while normally wire is hidden, in this case it's not! So it matters how they look.
And yeah, the entire speaker binding post thing is messed up and lacks rigorous standards. Not my fault but it's true. I have rarely seen five way posts that are in practice or implementation really five way. And they vary widely from Brand to brand and even within brands. It's not quite like f-types, or hdmi or for which there are adopted standard industry specs for the mechanical connector. Heck, it's not even RCA, a connector adopted far beyond to intended purpose and as a result always already a bit of a compromised solution. Banana plugs were a kludge of a kind when popularized, borrowed from other uses like low voltage electrical circuits. And again, some plugs work better in some sockets than others. Cause they are not all designed to exact standards or maybe tight enough tolerances. Spades or ring terminals just an adoption of generic types that build in non-perfect fit/mating tolerances. Hey at least one can tighten a nut down on it properly! Unless it's a NAD, in which case you are out of luck unles the spade is one particular size ad shape. Which it won't be because there is nothing even close to a standard beyond aroximate post diameter.
Indeed the EU has taken issue with the consumer use of banana plugs and sockets because they are not specific enough etc.
It's almost enough to make one appreciate Naim's idiosyncratic commitment to DIN! Or the connectors found in pro audio.
What can say, I'm picky.
And dudes, don't tell me to change the room to accommodate ugly wire. Though to be honest that is the vibe I'm getting from ya'll. Why don't you just use the stock jumpers?" Why not use banana plugs?" I have said why and don't see the red to justify and repeat over and over why.
I'm done. Peace. Out.
