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Spade termination on speaker

I just purchased a new speaker cable (well over due). The old cables had banana that fitted into the speaker banana termination. The new cables are Coincident and have big spades at the end. I need to upgrade the termination on my speaker to put these spades in. Any one knows of a good termination to buy to put on my speaker? Where do I buy it from?
dcaudio
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
Yes, Audioquest makes a spade/banana adapter. I tried them as well as ones sold at Radio Shack. My system then sounded better with the Radio Shack adapters over the Audioquest. Do not know why. The RadShack ones are also less then half as much. I had bought the Audioquest ones at Audio Advisor.
dcaudio OP
88 posts
 
Thanks everyone. Learned a lot. In the end figured out that I had some combined banana plugs for the speakers that allow to screw the spade into the top of the connector. The unit is brass and from a company called Mitchell. I bought them 15 years ago, but they seem OK. Thanks everyone.
peter_s
1,317 posts
 
I've looked through all the threads, and have failed to see mention of an electronics distributor that sells spade terminations without being a high-end name brand (and having prices to match). Can anyone suggest a good source to purchase directly gold or silver crimp-on spades at a reasonable cost? All my most recent components seem to need a 5/16" spade! Thanks.
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