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Connecting Speaker Cables to Dynaco ST-70

My spade speaker cable connectors are large and without a lot of effort (which I do) the positive (non-ground) connector will touch both the 4 and 8 ohm taps on the Dynaco.  Will it hurt anything sound or equipment wise if the speaker connector touches both amp taps?
Thanks in advance.
George
jetter
jetter OP
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Thanks a million Al.  I will of course take your advice and ensure that only one tap is touching per side.  What a pain the large speaker connectors can be when working with older amps.  Live and learn. 
George
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dekay
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Search the following phrase on Ebay and you will find small spade to binding post/banana adaptors.

"Spade Banana Fork plug Mcintosh Amp Eico tube Adapters MC30 MC60 MC275"

DeKay
ebm
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Nothing should touch or your system could be toast!!!
mesch
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+1 dekay. I bought the adaptors for banana plugs. Work well on my ST-70.
jetter OP
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Thanks to all for your comments.  After making some changes to my system I again used electric tape to ensure that the spades are not touching anything but the proper tap.  I was just hoping to not have to apply the tape to my amp again to cover the offending taps.

Thanks again dekay, I looked up the banana to spade adopters you mentioned.  The problem is not that I have banana connectors and need a banana to spades connector.  The problem is that the current connectors on my speaker cables are already spades that are so large that you cannot connect them to the small space on amplifier without it touching the taps on either side of the one you are connecting to.

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