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Except for bananas. Trust me, I use them all the time when I DJ, and its definately not something you want to make a permanent connection out of.
This is your experience, not others. Only
excessive bending and plugging/unplugging may cause the problem you describe such as in the DJ business. Most home users will not experience such an issue.
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spades, to me, just seem like they are the most sturdy of connections and give the most surface area for the signal transfer.
Surface area between a spade or banana will not effect the quality of the signal. Let's remember how short a distance we are referring to here and the massive number of electrons contained within even a pin's head of metal contact.
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Yes, but if you use optical and your cable is too bent, it will warp the light that makes up the signal.
This is ridiculous and is exactly the kind of misinformation hype that people have about the concept of digital optical cable.
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Plus, they tend to be more prone to being damaged.
Most people do not chew their cables. I have yet to hear of anyone's pets doing the same.
192khz vs 96khz. Garbage in garbage out. Upsampling doesn't do anything useful.
