Compressed cables can affect audio quality? I use scissors and knives like that all the time to cut wire, great deal of training and practice huh? Yeah I bet those flush cutters took weeks to master. I also like the repeated cutting and twisting to remove the PTFE jacket. He slipped up there at the end too, (We use a mixture of clamping... pause and soldering) forgetting that he earlier in the video said compressing the cable is bad for audio quality. Personally I always solder better electrical connection no matter what you're doing. Crimping provides good mechanical support though.
Nice soldering iron =) If both ends of the cable are done the same way then all that shielding is simply wasted metal, a crime! It sounds better in one direction than the other? Also isn't twisting the wire runs like that bad?
How do these people sleep at night?
I think the cheap hookup wire for my surround system would out perform those cables, and they're 1/5th the size and more flexible.