Originally Posted by furball
Actually that's just what I was thinking. Even though I bought 2 pairs of banana plugs along with the speaker wires, if it turns out to be too much of a hassle to terminate the wires, I may just end up keeping those wires naked.

Wait! Why would you go through another solder/connection point? Virtual Dynamics CLEARLY states that it will create mechanical/harmonic/.... noise..1!?!!? Also, they frown upon stranded cable.