Adapting Oversized Spades W/o Reterminating


This is my first foray back into audio in a few years. I dusted off the Crosby Quads, had my Classic 60 refreshed, and had the TT/cartridge/arm etc. gone over and set up by a pro.
Needed to change speaker cable and had a friend ship me some VdH Revelation Hybrid which sports some really big spade lug terminations- done at the factory. Unforetunately, they are way oversized for the old-school narrow barrier strip terminal on the Classic 60. I'd hate to reterminate the cables since they were presumably well done at the factory, and other than having the barrier strips at the amp changed out for something a little more 'macho,' I wondering if there is, or i could have fabricated, a small adapter out of some high quality conductive material, ie at the bottom, a narrow spade that will fit the amp termination, which at the top, opens into a larger 'female' into which I can insert the cable spade.
Any thoughts (and excuse all intended double entendre). BTW, it is nice to be back to listening- i had forgotten how good this can be....
128x128whart
this should do the trick,if it's not configured the way it come's stock they will terminate the end's however you want.

{http://www.preludeaudio.com/products/audio-accessories/0utpost-adapter.html}

good luck,mike.
If what you're saying is the "barriers" are too close together for the large spades to fit between them (and under the bolt head) then here's how I've solved it:

Remove one of the terminal bolts. It might have locking threads that keep it from coming all the way out, but whether it does or not, you can get it out with a little persistance.

Next go to Ace Hardware and get a longer version of the bolt, like a one inch. (It's probably an 8-32, bolt but whatever, get a one inch long version)

Next (and this is why I recommend Ace) ask for a 1/2 inch long nylon spacer with the same hole size as the bolt. Metal spacers are OK too, and might work better if the nylon one's outside diameter is too fat to go between the "barriers". But Ace usually has an assortment of both.

Slip the new bolt thru the spacer and insert back into the terminal strip. You can now attach the big spades to this nifty little "stand-off" without them having to go between the barriers. You might want to put a "star" type lock-washer at each end of the nylon spacer to keep things tight.

Hope this helps.

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Bingo! Thank you both. You made me feel less dumb for asking by your answers. I'm sure i'll be frequenting this place more- is there a general chat section that is not specific to one type of equipment, where the hardcore types here hang out?
Oh Boy! I finally graduated to Hardcore! There's no "chat room" per se on AgoN, but that's never stopped a lively thread from developing. Just post you question anywhere and the denizens will sniff it out!