do bent speaker terminal affect the sound quality?

[Styner]

I was plugging in the harness to the speaker terminal and I accidentally bent the negative terminal (small one). I just went ahead and plugged others in, and noticed that others clicked once it was in, while the bent one did not (I managed to get the connector into the terminal). I haven't started installing the speakers because it's dark out, but will this affect the sound quality?

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[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

Nope

 

[Umbra]

I was plugging in the harness to the speaker terminal and I accidentally bent the negative terminal (small one). I just went ahead and plugged others in, and noticed that others clicked once it was in, while the bent one did not (I managed to get the connector into the terminal). I haven't started installing the speakers because it's dark out, but will this affect the sound quality?

No. I can't picture exactly what type of connector you're using, but carefully bend back whatever became bent and you should be fine. So long as there's sufficient metal to physically hold the connection there should be plenty of area for the electricity to flow through.