when you tighten them hold the thing in place. a tight connection is always good but no need to get out the socket wrench as that could damage the posts. I understand your situation with the binding straps. i took mine off and replaced them with some wire and bannana plugs.

Heres the ones i made:

Except i have the speaker cables going to the top posts and the jumpers to the bottom. so that way i have the good cable going straight to the highs, and the cheaper cable handling bass.





Last edited by Haoleb; 01/02/04 07:23 PM.
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