a connector having two rows of signal terminals is easily terminated to conductors of discrete wires by providing rear sections of the terminals extending from the front housing member . a wire - carrying subassembly having the discrete wires secured thereto is moved against the rear of the front housing member to place stripped conductor portions adjacent the rear terminal sections to be soldered . the wire - carrying subassembly includes a body member having upper and lower arrays of axial grooves therealong between a front support ledge and a rear support section , and upper and lower forward and rearward clamping bars securable to the body member to clamp the wires thereto by clamping insulated end portions forwardly of stripped conductor portions within the grooves and insulated wire portions behind the grooves , with the rear terminal sections receivable into the grooves .