Anyone went back to using bare wires on speakers?

I own Kimber 8TC for biwirebut still have some MilSpec Teflon 12 gauge silverplated biwire in my Magnepan 3.6s.
The wire is OK, I am still thinking out how i want to modify the interior of the crossover so the 'in' and 'out' for low/mid are on same side, avoiding cutting into the negative leg at all to insert the crossover box into the Kimber wthout damaging the weave much. So the box would be mid cable with ONLY the positive leads cut and entering the box with the exit less that an inch away from the former negative entrance.
See, i am thinking about it....
Otherwise i have made a 'dedicated line' apartment dwelling style. by having a single 20 amp outlet in the kitchen going four sets of pairs of 12 gauge over and around 40 ft or so to the stereo. So far nice results. Still adjusting the wiring. i had it straight into the power conditioners, but realized the sound is better with the former Pangea in the mix. So I am changing the ends to outlet boxes, so I can add in the Pangea.

One of the local salons ,who shall remain nameless, told me that it was less then prudent to not use solid silver spades on my silver kimber. The reason being to avoid the oxidation of the silver wire. He started to write a quote at $45 each for twelve spades. Upon my questioning the guy's math he stated 'with a system of my caliber it would foolish not to atleast bywire'. Up until then he had never asked what kind of kit I owned. When I told him there was only one driver in the cabinet he looked kinda puzzled as there is at least two speakers in all cabinets. I told him that I needed three feet of wire, and the guy immediately doubled my measure and exclamed that I needed at least eight feet to sound good. I told him. . .No! Three feet total and started laughing to bust a gut. You know he threw me out of the store.

No, I prefer the convenience of leaving the connectors on and it would be difficult with the flat speaker cables I use. I do bypass the binding posts at the crossovers by using them to pinch the wire feeding the crossover and the spade connector together instead of passing the signal through the binding posts. Probably about the same effect as removing the cable ends and nothing is modified.

04-13-11: Lewhite
One of the local salons ,who shall remain nameless, told me that it was less then prudent to not use solid silver spades on my silver kimber. The reason being to avoid the oxidation of the silver wire.

Avoid oxidation of silver wire ? Not good advice. Silver Oxide (aka Tarnish) is a better conductor than silver itself. That is why older silver cables sound much better than new ones...

There are no connectors on my DIY silver ribbon speaker cables.

Two flat silver ribbons each wrapped in wide Teflon tape, then placed back to back and wrapped again. At the ends, I just folded the ribbon lengthwise and managed a bit of origami to get the right angle and separation of the ends. Then I cut a notch with small scissors and fitted the end to the binding post.

Every year or so I unplug and clean the tarnish off and polish the exposed silver, then clamp them again.

Regards,