Are they the banana jacks where the outside is a nut you can tighten down on bare wire or spade terminals? That's actually good—nearly all the speakers I have ever used have been bare wire.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406499,00.asp
Same for me, and most folks with low- to mid-range home theater setups, I'd wager – shoving bare wire into the terminal seems pretty common.
This cannot be a real product. It has to be like a concept car. Surely. Surely?
Just spend a extra .70 and have the cable screwed to a damn male plug.
Nothing worse than screwing the wires every time
Screw once, and then you're set for life!
What drives me crazy are those stupid spring-loaded things that many receivers and speakers have these days. The springs eventually get loose and then the connections get flakey.