Audio Systems: Speaker Wire Termination Question., copper cable, spectrum analysis

Question
Hello Wayne,

I recently purchase 12ft of Supra Ply 3.4s (shielded) speaker cable from an online vendor.  I have read so may reviews on how to terminate them but none talk about a eurectic solder termination.  I want to use banana connectors on one end (Cardas CABD) and solder the other ends with Cardas Eurectic Solder and Spades, should I solder or crimp or would it make any difference.
Ian  

Answer
First of all I hope you didn't pay too much for that cabling, because the "boutique" cabling market is one of the biggest rip-offs of all time. Professional engineers (broadcast, recording, and mastering) who are THE ears of the entertainment industry 99/100 times steer clear of this stuff. So many blind listening tests have revealed that the boutique speaker cable claims normally fall flat in comparison to plain 14AWG copper cable.

Under frequency spectrum analysis, the sonic differences between soldered and crimped connections is negligible. Some swear that it's night and day - in my 25 years of engineering, I haven't heard the difference, or bothered to listen for one. In function, speaker cable is actually the least critical link in the required audio chain.It also happens to be the one that has the most engineering myth surrounding it.