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<blockquote data-quote="DNick454" data-source="post: 6283213" data-attributes="member: 600755">Terminal cups are made with the shittiest materials imaginable and accept very small gauge wire usually. The actual contact surface (the metal on the terminal) isn&#039;t even copper or brass for that matter (unless you buy the nice brass or gold plated binding posts on PE). It&#039;s usually the cheapest metal the factory in china could find //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gifTake your nice fat wire, and run it straight to the subs via a hole in the back of the box. Put a dab of silicone around the wire in the hole to make it airtight (terminal cups leak FYI). Now you have a solid connection second to none and it&#039;s completely airtight as well as hidden and out of the port. The next best option is a brass threaded bolt as a binding post and criming on wire-end rings and screwing them down onto the post with a nut. Still use a bit of silicone to make sure the bolt hole is air-tight but don&#039;t get any between the ring terminals so you get a good connection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DNick454, post: 6283213, member: 600755"] Terminal cups are made with the shittiest materials imaginable and accept very small gauge wire usually. The actual contact surface (the metal on the terminal) isn't even copper or brass for that matter (unless you buy the nice brass or gold plated binding posts on PE). It's usually the cheapest metal the factory in china could find [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] Take your nice fat wire, and run it straight to the subs via a hole in the back of the box. Put a dab of silicone around the wire in the hole to make it airtight (terminal cups leak FYI). Now you have a solid connection second to none and it's completely airtight as well as hidden and out of the port. The next best option is a brass threaded bolt as a binding post and criming on wire-end rings and screwing them down onto the post with a nut. Still use a bit of silicone to make sure the bolt hole is air-tight but don't get any between the ring terminals so you get a good connection. [/QUOTE]

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