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Cabling Question -Only One Prong of Spade is Contacting Terminal.

I recently got new speakers, the opening on the spades on my speaker wire is too small to fit over the post on the terminal.  I can fit one prong of the spade through the hole in the middle of the post, but the second prong sits off to the side.  Tho contact is solid and is secure, but only about one-third of the spade is in contact with the speaker terminal. Will this affect sound quality?  there any reason to change out the spades to something larger or switch to banana plugs? 
durangowill
erik_squires
16,046 posts
 
Not affect sound quality if there's enough, but yes, preventing shorts is a great reason not to do this.

They do make larger spades as well as bananas.
dill
2,519 posts
 
As long as the free fork portion of the spade is sticking out to the outer side of both posts and they are tight you should be fine. You could remove the spade and use the bare wire, install a wider spade or use a spade to banana adapter. Over the years I have done all these choices at different times.
durangowill OP
5 posts
 
Helpful input.  That resolves the issue for me- I will likely leave it for now. I have a number of other projects that can use my attention. 
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fuzztone
5,591 posts
 
I'd just shrink wrap the exposed forks to reduce calamity possibilities.
isochronism
2,893 posts
 
Get a small chain-saw tooth file the size of the binding post and custom fit the spade?
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