bananas vs spades as terminals for speaker cables

Overall I think bananas are much easier to work with. With spades I had trouble getting the right amount of tension on the binding posts. To loose is no good obviously but I was afraid I would overtighten them and break something.

With bananas you just shove it in and forget about it. Only disadvantage is that they stick out much farther than spades.

I can recommend the Nakamichi bananas if you are building your own cables. They work well and are inexpensive. My only complaint with them is that you need to use a small slotted screwdriver to tighten them, which tears up my hands after a while (a hex head would be SO much better).

Mark

IMO bananas if you plan on multi connect/disconnect for whatever reasons. Spades for put them on and forget for years.
The only other use banana reason is the posts are too close together as on a receiver, where you have a dozen lined up. Then bananas may be better just because you can get them into place easier.
All the rest is theory and personal preference.

Take a look at stereophile com they just asked this last week and the results are posted on the VOTE tab. My opinion is spades or bare wire.

Elizabeth has hit it on the head

I bought a pair of speaker cable from Klaus at Odyssey, and he said banana at amp end, he said it sounded better to him, he should know, i use his amps.