[Ray Garrison]

I just got a Marantz PM-94. I have a question about the speaker
connections. The binding posts are unusual, sort of like an enclosed
version of the first generation Adcom GFA-555 posts. There's a plastic
collar around the screw post, which from what I can see has a hole
drilled through it. You back out the nut (which doesn't back out far
enough to clear the plastic collar), insert the speaker wire through a
channel in the collar and the hole in the post, then tighten the nut.

The hole looks to be big enough for 12 gauge wire (not at home, haven't
tried yet) but there's no way to attach a spade lug or a banana plug.
The top cover of the amp is attached with tamper proof screws and I don't
have the right tool to open it, so I can't tell how the binding posts are
affixed to the amp.

I'm not opposed to connecting the bare wire ends, it's just that all the
speaker cable I have is terminated with spade lugs. I'd have to cut all
the lugs off, strip the insulation back, maybe tin the wires, you get the
idea.

Any thoughts on whether I should even consider replacing the existing
binding posts with "standard" posts, or just bite the bullet and cut the
lugs off the cable? Anyone know how they're connected inside?

Anyone have any experience with the amp? Would be curious about your
impressions... I know it runs hot due to the way it's biased, so I got a
couple of noiseless computer fans from S-Flex which I intend to place
over the heatsinks.