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Old 01-10-2016, 01:41 PM
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Looking for ideas when connecting the wire to the speaker? Solder or clips?
 
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Did you run new speaker wires? If not, the standard push-on terminals are fine. I normally place a small dab of solder on the wire...near the crimp @ base of blade.
 
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Can't beat soldered connection, but I'd probably use a push on, and then solder it if it eventually went crackly.
 
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Originally Posted by crimeguy7
Looking for ideas when connecting the wire to the speaker? Solder or clips?
Are you referring to screw down terminals like this?
 
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I'm installing a set of hertz. I'm not good at soldering. Was looking for a better way to attache the wire to the speaker
 
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Originally Posted by crimeguy7
I'm installing a set of hertz. I'm not good at soldering. Was looking for a better way to attache the wire to the speaker
Good quality spade connectors and a quality pair of crimping pliers is all you need. The spade connector size on the Hertz Mille are both 0.250".
The stock spade connectors are 0.250" and 0.187".

I made up some pigtails to convert to a pair of Moto 602's to retain the stock connections. The same can be done with the Hertz, just difference size spade connectors.
 
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