What are output barrier strips?

If you think you're not familiar with barrier strips, you've probably seen one and not realized it. It's a long block of plastic which holds a number of screw terminals, each one sparated from the next by a low "wall" or barrier. They were standard on amps during the fifties and sixties.

The barriers tend to be set very close to the screws and the screws are close together too, so the best connector is a small spade or nothing at all.

When amp mfrs use barrier strips its often because there are different taps for different speaker loads. You will want to hook your speaker to the appropriate tap and ground. For example, my old Quicksilvers have a barrier strip marked "G", "4" & "8". For 8 ohm speakers, you would use G & 8. For 4 ohm, G & 4.

To be more specific, I have an old McIntosh amp on its way to me that uses barrier strips. I want to use my existing double (biwire) strands of Kimber 4TC, unterminated. Easily doable?

When you say use G & 8, do you mean for each speaker attach the left channel to G and the right to 8 (or vice versa)? Sorry, not crystal clear to me yet.