On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:38:41 -0600, "JDandy" wrote:

:One of the easiest ways to solve splayed stranded wire it to lightly tin
:the wire with solder, in effect turning the stranded wires into s solid,
:more easily controlled single conductor. Hope this helps.

That technique will do at a pinch but it is frowned upon by anyone who knows
anything about conductors and cables.

The problem with tinning the stranded ends of a flexible conductor to make it
easier to fit into one of these speaker terminal clips is that the solder runs
back to a point where a rigid flexing point is created. Any prolonged movement
or flexing of the conductor near that point will cause it to fracture at the
point where the solder has run back to (the solid to flexible interface point).
I have seen this happen more often than I care to remember.