Quote Originally Posted by Figlet108 View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Figlet108 View Post

Side-stepping all the drama...

(I believe, someone already pointed out in this thread) ...and as someone who does most of his own servicing and has built his own phono pres, preamps, guitar amps and makes his own cables... I have to say... these two pictures represent how I would NEVER do things. It most certainly IS possible, perhaps a PITA, to leave a whole lot less lead exposed (especially hot/signal lead). That much seems abundantly clear from the photos and doesn't at all look "rigged" to me; just a fast job without nit-picking one's work. I would not accept this kind of work from myself and surely would be ticked off if I paid a high price for cables dressed this way. I was dressing cables better than these two pictures represent when I was a teen in high school... ...with a pencil iron and a razor blade, no less.

Again, this has nothing to do with how I do or don't feel about RD/NVA; but, everything to do with minimizing (if even remotely) the possibility of electrical fault. Why chance it ? Yes, IMO (and those of my mentors), that could have and should have been dressed better. Having said that, I don't really prefer these connectors; but, that has no bearing on how they should be assembled.

Just my tuppence...