I had the ST-70 for about fifteen years. You are right about the bi-wire there. But I had new speaker jacks put in. The chassis was easy enough to modify. But I see you rather not monkey with it. So perhaps you change the cable termination to a common ring (or open jaw) that fits the screw barrier.
Speaker cable connections for vintage gear
I have a couple of nice, stock, vintage amps (McIntosh MC-60's, Dynaco ST-70 and Dynaco SCA-35. I always get frustrated trying to get decent speaker cable connections when I insert these into my system. In each case the speaker connection on the amp is a small, screw barrier type. Is there some realatively inexpensive/easy way to deal with this situation. I recently upgraded my speakers to North Creek Music Borealis speakers. I want to bi-wire, but will probably use jumpers when using the vintage amps. Are there small spades available to use with vintage gear, other suggestions? I am not really wanting to change the amps to accept larger spades or bananas, and I am willing to compromise on the size and quality of the speaker cable to get to a clean solution. Thanks for your input.
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These might be just what the doctor ordered If you're handy with a soldering gun, you can probably build a set for a lot less ... just solder a section of speaker wire to a set of binding posts, strip the other end and put it under the screw barrier terminals for the amp's output >>>>"I want to bi-wire, but will probably use jumpers when using the vintage amps."<<< You should also be able to bi-wire now, as you have a standard binding post to put your Bi wire speaker cables into. HTH Dave |
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