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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
mitch2
3,976 posts
 
I owned those amps. Stupid design on the WBT binding posts. I have a higher model WBT on my Clayton amps and they do not have the stupid plastic housing. What I did when I owned the 500MBs was to carefully cut the plastic housing off of the metal posts - problem solved. The buyer I sold them to was fine with that.
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
I did something similar to what Mitch2 did. I removed the piece of plastic wrapped around the base of the post which allowed large spades to mount properly.
stickman451 OP
553 posts
 
Brownsfan, what size is your room? I am fairly lucky with a good-sized room of, 17.5w x 26L x 9h. Cannot wait to hear the 20's in my room!!! Delivery time is three to four MONTHS!
brownsfan
1,508 posts
 
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.
mitch2
3,976 posts
 
Hi Brownsfan, I would like to ask a couple of questions about your Cary amps offline, if you are ok with that. If you belong to Audio Asylum, you can look up Mitch2 and then access my direct e-mail address. Unfortunately, we cannot do that here. Thanks.
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