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Spades or Bananas on you Cary 500's

A question for Cary 500 mono block users; are you using spades or bananas on the amp posts? The posts have that irritating plastic safety cover offset to each side which means any spade set must have a rather large split or they won't reach. Also, the spades have to be just the right size or they will not fit into the slots. Maybe bananas are the way to go??? Which way did you go?
stickman451

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brownsfan
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Stickman, I used spades on my 500's and I also use them on my new 500.1's : ) !!!!! I know what you are talking about. I used anti-cables with spades and had to bend them just a bit to make them work. When I switched to Audio Magic LA speaker cables, the spades worked just fine as is. If I were buying new cables, especially sight unseen, I might well go with bananas.
brownsfan
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Congrats on the 20.7's! I think we will all be waiting eagerly for your assessment. I'm still in analysis paralysis over the 20.7 vs 3.7 with rel subs route. I like my 3.7's enough that I probably won't make any changes for another couple years. My room is kind of small for the 20.7's I fear.
brownsfan
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My room is 15 x 19 x 8. My 3.7's actually integrate with the room better than my 1.6QRs did. I think it may be due to having the tweeters in rather than out. I do have the ability to keep them out ~ 60 inches from the back wall, which is nice.
brownsfan
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Mitch2, I'd be happy to discuss the amps with you. I did sign up for AA once. Let me see if I can still get in.
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