spade lugs won't fit


Hi
Any one familiar with the (Mcintosh 7100) amp, it has screws on that back...I just bought new speaker cables and the (spade ) lugs are too thick to fit under the screws....other than file job...any suggestions.  I can take a pic if needed !!
thanks to all !!!
mantaman

Showing 1 response by cd318

Are you able to use bare wire?  You can get a decent connection and any oxidation can be easily cleaned off every few years.

Having previously used the (excessively) thick Naim cable previously I prefer to use Chord Odyssey silver plated or just plain oxygen free copper nowadays.

I do find unwieldy cables and plugs far more trouble than they are worth. The same goes for badly labelled input jacks!