Speaker wire spades too small..

[Ricardo]

the spades that came with the Audioquest Type 4 wires are too small...the inner diameter is smaller than the posts in the SDA 1B's; I could enlarge this diameter, but then the contact area would be too small....was thinking in changing them by bananas.

Any thoughts on why one or the other would be better? Any other idea?

Thanks!!

[RuSsMaN]

Are you sure they are too small? Remove (one at a time) the binding post nut COMPLETELY from the speaker, slide the spade over the post, replace nut and tighten.

Cheers,
Russ

[Ricardo]

Thanks Russ.....that's the first thing I did :) Too small..guessing 1/16th of an inch; If I can find a metal nut that fits there, will reduce the diameter; if not, will go with bananas. Plastic nuts don't go too well with spades IMO..

[steveinaz]

You might consider sending them to Audio Advisor for re-termination to 5/8" spades...

[dorokusai]

Try some banana adapters before you go chopping up cable.

[Ricardo]

Try some banana adapters before you go chopping up cable.

Great idea.....already checked them out....didn't know these things existed.

Thanks!!!