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electrical short 1 channel. Cable spade at fault?

Excuse my electrical ignorance,but my YBA 201 is now out 1 channel after new cables.The spade connector to the amp was huge in diameter, 3/8ths inch vs 1/4 in.for the post,and even with it fully tightened there was still some motion possible in the cable-post interface.Also ,the spades were so long that there could have been some contact between the two.
Also,any ideas on what it should cost to fix this?
Thank you
hayduke1
hayduke1 OP
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Thank you all for your good advice.
I can return the cables.
The real cost is repairing the amp.
I do consider the product defective, and I do hold the seller responsible.
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yogiboy
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Seller responsible? Rots of ruck!
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tpreaves
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What makes you think the seller of the cable is responsible?
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swampwalker
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Hayduke1- sorry, dude, but you are barking up the wrong tree. I know that it sucks to pay big $ for an amp repair. I did a dumb thing w a tube integrated and it cost me close to $1K for the repair, but it was my mistake so I took my lumps. You tell us that the spades were over-sized for your amp's binding posts, that you couldn't snug them down properly, but you powered up the amp anyways? And they "might have touched", and you want the cable seller to pay for your damaged amp? IOW, you made a mistake, shorted the outputs and you want someone else to pay? Couple this w Stefanoo's nonsense in this thread http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1330019170&read and it's easy to see why brick and mortar retailers are a dying breed. Can you imagine having to deal with this face to face? I know this sounds harsh, but a little reality check is in order here.
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