Terminating Cardas Cables

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I'm going to get the Cardas Spades for terminal strips (My office amp is a 1962 McIntosh MC240) from Michael Percy Audio. I'd like to use Cardas Twinlink speaker cable if I could, but I know it's a pain to terminate.
Does anyone have any experience terminating Cardas cable? I know it takes about 800F degrees to remove the Litz coating. Do I need a solder pot to do this right, or can it be done with soldering iron (completely removing the coating and not burning myself in the process)?
Or am I better off just getting Kimber 4PR and saving myself the money? I worry about unshielded cable in the same room as my computer and a half dozen other electrical devices - but that's another post.
Thanks in advance,
Chris

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Topic - Terminating Cardas Cables - Chris Liguori 09:47:46 10/19/01 (6)

Re: Terminating Cardas Cables - tenor39 07:03:12 10/21/01 (4)

Re: Terminating Cardas Cables - Chris Liguori 21:27:21 10/21/01 (1)

Re: Terminating Cardas Cables - tenor39 05:00:12 10/22/01 (0)

Does the type of solder in the pot matter? - Msquared 19:04:00 10/21/01 (1)

Re: Does the type of solder in the pot matter? - tenor39 04:53:02 10/22/01 (0)

Re: Terminating Cardas Cables - Msquared 14:41:40 10/19/01 (0)

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