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But seriously, I hate dealing with speaker wire with a passion. Why the **** is it so hard to split it in half? 100 lbs of force to split the wires in half....yeah that's not ridiculous at all. I have to literally cut inbetween both wires and then use my teeth because my hands are sweating from all the anger I'm feeling.
Why is it ****ing impossible to strip speaker wire without taking 50% of the strands with you!? Then when the stars align and you manage to strip one side perfectly, you **** up the other side. Everyone knows, us being audiophiles, we have to have our speaker wire EXACTLY the same length for the +ve and -ve.
One time I had to strip and restrip one run of speaker wire 4 effing times before i stripped the +ve and -ve without mangling the strands. Why do wire strippers suck so much ass?
Not to offend here Shock, but perhaps something with your technique when it comes to stripping the ends? I'm just speculating - I've owned several types of wire strippers, some fancy expensive ones, and other cheap throw away kind - not sure how you're going about it, but I'll usually go about half an inch back, using the correct gauge size on the stripper, merely separate the jacket end from the rest of its length -
without pulling it off the end with the wire stripper. This is done with a quick twisting of the wrist usually, without applying too much force. After that, I'll usually pull the separated jacket end off the end of the wire by hand, ensuring that I rotate it in the same direction the strands are twisted as I pull. Not to say I don't nick a strand or two at times, but probably 98% of the time this leaves a perfect, exposed section of bare wire, free of nicks, cuts or missing strands. Plus all the strands will be shaped and twisted in their original form.
No comments on the innuendos guys... we all get it...
