Speaker cable with small/skinny spade plugs?

[Salt Peanuts]

Anyone here know cheap speaker cables with small/skinny spade plugs? My McIntosh 2100 has tiny speaker taps (there's a pic of it around here somewhere) and most spades won't come close to fitting, unfortunately.

[luvdunhill]

try the cheapest spades that Kimber Kable makes, as Vandersteen speakers historically have the same issues and I've found that these fit very nicely into the narrow barrier strips.

[Duggeh]

Replace the binding posts on the amp with ones that aren't rubbish?

[Salt Peanuts]

Replace the binding posts on the amp with ones that aren't rubbish?

Not really an option as it's a vintage amp. Here's a pic of mulveling's MC2100 - http://www.head-case.org/off-topic/the-perennial-favorite-post-a-pic-of-your-rig/msg102821/#msg102821

[Augsburger]

If reterminating is not an option you could try anticables, they will terminate their cables with 3/16 inch spades if those will work on your MC 2100.

[tkam]

You could just use cable with bare ends, just bend it around the screw into a hook shape and tighten the screw on it.

[Salt Peanuts]

You could just use cable with bare ends, just bend it around the screw into a hook shape and tighten the screw on it.

Yeah, I was thinking that probably would be the easiest solution but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask around.

[ronnielee54]

Try taking some of the material on the sides of the spades off with a Dremel tool or file if you don't have a Dremel.

[jp11801]

barrier strips and bare wire is a great connection air tight and a solid connection. Maybe just tin the ends of the speaker wire to make it easier to connect and keep stray strands of wire on mutli strand cable from fraying.

[Grand Enigma]

Just go to Radio Shack and pick up the variety pack of crimp on spades. Should cost a few bucks at most and work just fine. Could even crimp them to the current ends of the cables you have now that don't fit.