I'm an Audio Noob. Just set up my Amp2 and was a little nervous because the wiring terminals are so close together and I'm afraid of getting a short. I trimmed the wires, but there's still a little hanging out. Seems like it would be easy for a single strand to cause a short. Any advice? Should I just trim them up a bit more and look very closely to make sure I don't have a short? Thanks.
Hi,
in general I would recommend cable end sleves:
http://en.elektrotools.de/Product/Cable-end-sleeve-1-5-mm-14-6-mm-91353
If you can't get these, make the copper part of the wire a bit shorter.
Best regards,
Daniel
You don't necessarily need sleeves, but each time you reconnect, first straighten the strands and then twist them, so that they slip into the terminals cleanly. If they're too bent to do that, cut them off and re-do.
If they don't fit after twisting, and you don't want to use thinner cable, cut half of the copper wires off directly at the insulation, and only twist and insert the remaining ones. The loss in diameter is negligble because it's almost zero length, and you keep the benefits of thicker cable for the run to the speaker.