Removing old reciever speaker connections

[ElectricSoap]

So I have an aftermarket sony reciever with RCA plug ins. I have had the speakers connections crimped to the the wires that plugin to the reciever. Now I just got a new amp and will be using the RCA cables, I wanted to know if I could leave the speaker connected since I still need the power cable and such from that plugin for the reciever or if I have to uncrimp the sony wires from the factory speaker wires. I will be running new speaker wire from the amp. Will the old connections interfere even if they aren't hooked up to anything?

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[youdoofus]

So I have an aftermarket sony reciever with RCA plug ins. I have had the speakers connections crimped to the the wires that plugin to the reciever. Now I just got a new amp and will be using the RCA cables, I wanted to know if I could leave the speaker connected since I still need the power cable and such from that plugin for the reciever or if I have to uncrimp the sony wires from the factory speaker wires. I will be running new speaker wire from the amp. Will the old connections interfere even if they aren't hooked up to anything?

cut em and cap em (or tape em individually). they will short out on stuff if you dont

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

Unplug the current wires from the speakers and tape them to keep them from shorting out. Leave them so that if you ever decide to remove the amp you can just untape and reconnect the old wires.