Hi Bryan

I have had the same issue with my QS speakers. It seems axiom intended that we use fairly heavy wire though myself i dont use real heavy wire for the surrounds. What i did was strip twice as much as i needed to normally strip and then double up the copper. If you own a solder iron i would fold the wire and squeeze it together and add solder that way the wire wont compress and squeeze in all directions.

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