"Matthew Weigel" wrote in message
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One thing that frequently demotivates people looking at special
connectors is price- look at Best Buy or other consumer electronics
websites and you'll see 4-packs (enough to connect one speaker to the
amp/receiver) for $9 and up, up, up. You might be willing to grin and
bear it for a straight stereo set up, but $45 (in addition to wire) to
connect a surround sound system and a lot of people start reconsidering.

Matthew Weigel

I bought some pretty substantial crimp-on spades from Cardas or Kimble for
only $1.50 each. They were in a bin behind the counter at a local high end
shop. Sometimes it pays to ask.

Steve