"Andy Katz" wrote in message
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On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:04:07 -0400, "Robert Morein"
wrote:

Extremely important. More so than the brand of receiver.
Any receiver that uses spring connectors for main amplifier channels
should
be avoided.
These connectors provide very small surface area, and consequently, high
resistance, with a high probability of deterioration of the connection by
formation of a semiconductor layer.

Thanks for the comments. The Yamaha is a thing of beauty, but I'm more
interested in sound quality, so I will try for the Denon.

Question, is there any way to improve the surface area connection of
spring connectors (I have an Onkyo receiver and some anonymous Jensen
speakers that I like a lot, but which have spring connectors)?

Andy Katz

Since you say the kitchen is very small, I assume the length of the wire
runs is going to be fairly short. Assuming that is the case, I wouldn't
worry that much about the connectors. 16 or 18 AWG wire should work just
fine, assuming they fit in the connectors, and I'm pretty sure they will.
The only receiver I ever owned was a HK-730 which had spring connectors and
IIRC it accepted up to 14 AWG wire.

The only possible side effect would be a slight increase in resistance which
would cause a bump in bass response. I don't know about the parts used in
the Luxman or Onkyo units, but Yamaha uses only standard parts that are
easily available should any thing need to replaced or repaired.

All of these units should be able to provide quality sound into any decent
speaker.

Relax, get the one that you like the most and enjoy.