Monster QuickLock flex-tip adapters with large spades

[Barncats]

Has anyone tried capturing a spade between the two parts of the barrel on these adapters?

A search did not turn up this question, so I am posing it here.

I have a pair of JMReynaud Trentés with signal coming from a Luxman L-80V sold-state integrated amp. Right now I am using JMR speaker cable, biwired. This cable was designed by JMR to be the ideal match for these speakers. The conductor mass is skinny enough to go into the crappy spring connectors on the back of the Luxman.

However . . . I have a pair of Transparent Reference cables that I would like to try, but they are terminated with large spades. No problem at the JMR end, as the speakers have robust Bennic binding posts that accept large spades. But any of the stiff-gold-rod pin connectors I have seen are better suited to straight-in connection than trying to gently bend them (which I have tried to do in the past) that would be required in this installation.

These flex-tip Monster QuickLcks look as if they might do the trick, as long as I can fit a large spade into that opening between the front and back parts of the barrel. They are no longer in production but there seem to be some floating around on ebay, etc.

Will squeezing the spade between those two parts of the barrell ensure sufficient contact with the central conductor part of the adapter?

Among current offerings on-line I see a variety of flex-tip adapters for bananas but not anything for spades.

I should add that if the Transparent cables are an improvement, I will replace the spring connectors on the amp with real binding posts.

Any experience with these QucikLocks? Thoughts/suggestions?

Thanks

 

[Mike_S]

Have the same problem with my vintage Hitachi Amp, it has crap push down wire in clamps. My bananas do not fit. With my old chap speaker wire, I just removed the banana on the amp end. But I got new expensive cables and didn't want to do that, so I got these

Banana adapter

They work just fine, one issue is they are open connections, and after plugging them all in the tight space, they shorted out. Ended up covering them with electrical tape.

 

[nerdorama]

I have some Monster banana plugs with this type of body. The body and the tip section much be tightly closed together to clamp the wire strands. If you put something between them, like your thought of another lug they won't hold the wire strands.

 

[Barncats]

I have some Monster banana plugs with this type of body. The body and the tip section much be tightly closed together to clamp the wire strands. If you put something between them, like your thought of another lug they won't hold the wire strands.

I'm not thinking of any wire strands going into the central "pipe" of the adapter. Rather, I want to transfer signal from the big spade through the adapter body to the flex-tip.

 

[nerdorama]

That should work if your spade it fairly large. Do you have some already? I can measure the OD of the threads if you need.

 

[Barncats]

That would be fantastic, nerdorama! I will measure the opening in the spades and then report back. Much appreciated.

 

[Barncats]

The opening in the center of the spade is just a squeak under 8mm wide, or also just a squeak under 5/16".

 

[nerdorama]

The OD of the male thread on the Monster banana plug is 0.370 or just under 3/8".

 

[Barncats]

Okay, so assuming Monster used the same basic threading on their various related adapters (and why not?), those threads are too big for my spades. Bummer. Thanks for your efforts in doing the measurement.

 

[F1nut]

The Transparent Reference cables will absolutely be an improvement over what you are using, so you might as well upgrade to real binding posts.

 

[wmgwizard]

Be careful of the small tip at the end of the braided wire, it may not fit in the tiny hole of the push in connector.
Been there, done that.