How do I get speaker wire into this speaker?

[Firetruck 10+ year member]

K so it's probably a really basic question, but how do I get the speaker wire into my speakers? Heres a picture, I circled the parts that are labeled + and -, and right below them is a small hole circled in green. I'm guessing you just poke the speaker wire through that hole? Or is that not going to work

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[obrien202 10+ year member]

drill them out

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

iirc theyre called spade terminals. walmart sells em

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

pic *****, but I assume they have male spade terminals, so you need female terminals that will slide over them...

 

[traksta15 10+ year member]

 

[power-fanatic07 5,000+ posts]

or just put the speaker wire on top and solder them //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

 

[Side Show 10+ year member]

hope you didn't buy them brand new

 

[Lynxis 10+ year member]

this thread is awesome

lol, poke the wire through the hole.

ah, youth

 

[EuphoricBass247 10+ year member]

hope you didn't buy them brand new

why would this be an issue?

 

[Firetruck 10+ year member]

Oh just kidding...I just checked the box and it comes with short amounts of speaker wire with the proper terminals, yea I'm an idiot. Anyways, the wire it gave seems to be like 22 gauge, if I'm using 16 gauge wires, wouldn't these defeat the purpose? Because even if the majority of the wire is 16 gauge, it doesn't matter because the 22s are still a part of the system right?

 

[kizz 10+ year member]

hell i use 14awg

 

[Lynxis 10+ year member]

Just go to lowes and get terminal connectors as shown.

Dont use junky wire.