Thanks Richie. It is a very important element of the DIY community's arsenal and so many are doing it wrong.

Thank you Danny for the video! I've been thinking of the kit route for a while to save money but the soldering seemed daunting. You make it look really easy! I really like that you are boosting musicians as well, because they really struggle.

Thank you for creating this video! I've been a musician for decades and I haven't bothered soldering things myself for ages, so I've never learned how to properly do it. Your video was perfect.

Thanks Danny. Small details like this are so valuable!

A brilliant simple easily assimilated demo covering all the salient points. I started soldering when you had to heat a copper obelisk shaped head on the end of a rod with a wooden handle for big joints ie a car radiator a tomahawk weighing several ounces,

Nice tutorial. Thank you so much. I was horrible at soldering. After watching this video, I am confident I can do a much better job by tinning and preloading the tip. Nice clean practical application.

Thanks Danny! I haven't soldered in 20 years. Just waiting on the NX-Studios that I'll need this for. Thanks again!

Great tips, Danny! Thanks for the info, and another fine video!

Concise and simply explained - Woulve been the best teacher I had! Great video

Thank you for the video, I'm installing new speakers in an old truck and will now solder every connection instead of using the slide connectors you mentioned. I feel confident I can do it now. :)

Boy..do you have some steady hands!! Props to you sirr. Great work. Many thanks.

This is very helpful. The way you speak makes me feel very comfortable lol

THANK YOU, great simple, straightforward explanation. Now it's time to upgrade my speakers thanks to you

I love your videos!!! Keep on going!!! Kjell from Norway!!

The tinning and keeping solder on the gun are the keys

OMG- you just showed me why I was having such a hard time, BIG THANK YOU !!!!

Thanks Danny, valuable inputs.

Awesome instructional video! Thanks for sharing. How can anyone "dislike" this video? Shame on them!

Nice tutorial. My friend still owns a Gary Dodd battery powered preamp. Still sounds great, even by today's standards.

Very well explained thank you Sir. May I ask should I use flux when soldering in a replacement speaker?

Thank you for showing us. I was close and doing whated seemed right. That's what happens when called to that odd sodering which is in a blue moon. The only other sodering was copper pipes in the house, doing the handyman thing. Now I'm all staighten out.......

Great video- it helped a lot. Question: how can I clean solder off of a speaker terminal. Trying for a clean slate to try & solder it again. My first attempt has soo much excess solder. that I’m unsure if wire is even making contact with copper connection etc.

Thank you Danny!

As a novice in soldering electronics, you'd think putting soder on the wire & speaker connector, the soder would impede a good connection. These videos are very helpful

cool video, like how you are giving some artists face time that certainly deserve it. thanks for confirming what I knew about soldering. I respect your opinion, and wanted to see what you had to say. Only thing, is types of solder. I tend to use silver solder as it won't corrode for electrical circuits and speakers, but what type of solder do you recommend? maybe you have that on a different video?

Very helpful. Good presentation style.

for high end soldering, you should not solder by holding the wire in place with your hand because any vibration or shaking of the hand during the liquid to solid phase of the solder will weaken the connection - you need to mechanically secure the wire with a solid vibration free clamp system during this phase. Also, for the most reliable solder connection, a specialized liquid flux needs to be applied for a perfect bond - the flux that is in the solder core is inadequate,

Your video was very helpful thank you

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Sir. :)

For those of us with shakier hands I would recommend going through the hole at an angle to help support the wire from movement. Folks should be aware of movement of parts while solder is going from molten to solid can cause a disturbed or cold solder joint which can cause a high resistance poor connection. As a technician I do hate it when people wrap the wire round and round the terminal, it is not necessary when a J hook will do in an amplifier.

Hey as a response to asking what some artists to check out are... I would really recommend listening to some Tipper. He's got a pretty good following I guess, but I don't get the sense that a lot of audiophile folks are familiar with his music. Tipper is amazing though in my opinion, especially from a sound quality and sound design perspective. I've always wanted to listen to his music on a system of the quality that you have access to. I've seen him live a bunch on some really nice Funktion One setups, but I bet what you have would do it way more justice.

Molly Tuttle is an excellent artist in the folk, bluegrass, americana sort of intercept...

Hi Danny. Excellent video as usual... Is the wire you used in the soldering demo coated with something before the tinning took place? The wire looked like it was tin plated not bare copper!

Thanks .. super helpful.

Hi Danny.Great video.What was the full name of the soldering iron that you favour.I couldn't make out the first word.Thanks Steve.

When applying solder to tin the wire... to make sure the solder is flowing evenly threw I like to place my soldering iron under the wire. You will see the solder (once all the wire is up to even temperature) form around to where your able to see each strand of wire. After that I like to apply a little more solder after to make sure theres enough solder on my wire so that I can get a good connection 100%

Thank you for this video

Thanks for the very well done video. I'm just starting and this is very helpful! I'm going to thumbs up and subscribe to support your channel!

Yes thank you

Musician recommendation: Gerod Shea (with or without Molten Soul). He's my close friend's younger brother.

Nice video!!! Thanks a lot, man. Cheers!!!

I understand why you’re not doing it but I still plan on soldering the wire after twisting it onto the post. I’m mostly a PCB guy but contacts are contacts. First, apply flux to the wire (I drag my wire through paste flux then twist it onto the terminal). It should improve the strength of connection and ensure wire is not just floating in the solder. Like was said in the video, be careful not to overheat the connection and damage it. I’d lightly pre-tin the post, flux liberally, and use confidence while soldering the braided wire onto the post. You could/should clean the finished solder joint with the highest grade alcohol you have to remove any baked on flux/impurities.

Thank you for this. What do you recommend between the crossover and terminal cup? If we already have those installed.. thanks!

Thank you sir!

Thank you

Danny, is it possible to make one bookshelf like xls with this driver that you solder ;)

Hi Danny, thanks for the tutorial. It's been a while since I did any soldering . Is 60/40 fine? Does the upgrade to silver solder make a difference? Generally what type of solder do you prefer/recommend? Thanks!

Thanks for this video I need this info

Daria is super bad ass. Her band doesn't suck either. We all can thank KZfaq for them.

I am subscribed to Daria love it

Why do you twist the wires together on your point-to-point crossover component connections but you don't twist the wires onto the speaker terminals?

What temperature does the gun need to be to heat the wire up enough to melt the solder? I bought a Weller that advertises 900 degrees, but it will not melt the solder.

What type of solder wire do you recommend? 60/40? 63?

Thomas Weeks and Force of Nature!!!!! he has a cd out and played at the gas monkey venue... his cd is great... check out the song "into the night"..... i saw him in seattle with enuff znuff and oh man did he ROCK the place!!!! this is his first cd....

Whats the model of your preferred soldering gun?

Cleaning the tip every time keeps impurities out of the solder joint that gunk can spread like a cancer and break down the solder over time...keep it clean Danny.

Perfect video that you!

Danny, thats a nice touch to ask for people to share links of videos for artists that should get additional recognition. I have become a major fan of a group from Russia called Leonid and Friends who do covers of the group Chicago that are just astounding and have seen them in my area here near Pittsburg last October. They are simply amazingly good at sounding every bit as good as Chicago ever did and do their recordings in a studio in Moscow in a single take playing all together. This is unheard of and each and every one of them are fabulous artists in their own right. Their website is leonidandf.com and they have many Chicago songs and a few other great tunes from other American artists as well. It's kinda ironic for me to be such a fan of Russian artists as I quite literally had my finger on the button to launch missiles from my submarine to destroy Russia back in the 1970's.

pure gold is good for it?

I don't think the crossover building link is there.

So yeah I guess I've been doing it wrong lol. Thanks for the video!

Hello. What material you use to solder?

what wire for soldering do you recommend ?

Informative video, thanks!

You all need to check out "TOMASINA" she and the band are great! They once played TLT at Disneyland and around Southern California.

Kyrie by hscc Let me know what you think

I think the only problem with soldering is that you’ve added another level of connection in the signal path. Crimping would be the best. As a sidenote the FAA does not allow soldering in the wiring of any airplane.

Good job Danny! I actually learned something here and have been doing it wrong... appreciated this episode!

Nice! Thanks for the vid, what about Flux ?

Hey Danny, good video. Just curious as to when Americans decided to drop the letter "L" from solder? It's pronounced just like "soldier" but without the "i" , which you guys can say just fine. ;)

Years ago a small company I was working for had a contract manufacturer assembling products for us. They did a beautiful job stuffing and soldering printed circuit boards but when it came to soldering #14 wire to terminals. They were using ISO 9000 approved 20w irons that were great for fine work but just didn't have the balls for heavier duty work. We ended up using aa old fashioned 50w unger iron that had to be at least 800 degrees. The key was to tin everything first and then use a hot iron so everything up to temperature fast, apply the solder and take the iron away as soon as it all got up to the right temperature. The small iron just can't heat a larger joint up enough and results in poor cold solder joints.

Great video, 90% of the videos say to put it through the hole and had it down for awhile. Glad you pointed it out. I was going to get some quick disconnects, but now I think I'll just soldering it.

Really missed the boat on selecting the correct solder....and venting if using the common eutectic 60/40 lead tin solder. Maybe inhaling lead fumes makes you think a mechanical connection isnt better than solder only. In fact..with a mechanical connection first..much lest chance of undesireable crystalization from movement (aka cold solder joint) besides you have good electrical connection mechanically...soldering just adds longevity and insurance.

They have 7 song on amazon music, all higher than cd quality, but not dust in the wind.

I don't get why you want to put solder between the wire and the speaker connector. Solder is basically tin - which is what's in the crappy wire connectors. Why not splay the wire out for max contact to the speaker connector and use solder on top of that to hold it to the speaker connector? Maybe it wouldn't stick?

What about silver solder?

What kinda solder do you use?

No flux required?

Almost correct but the tinning of the wire had way too much solder on it and the solder should NEVER go up to the insulation as it can wick up inside and weaken the joint you make.

Push-on wire speaker connector, it must be 30 yrs since I have seen that done, gave away my age on that response.

Yup. I've been doing it wrong.

A lot of her singles are on Tidal, Apple Music, etc..

Well, if you are being critical the iron is too large for the task but experience cancels that out. Too much solder was used on the pre tin of the wires. Also theoretically solder joints should never be the mechanical joint and the hole is there for a reason and the same contact area would be made with the wire fed through but it’s then difficult to replace but it shouldn’t need replacing. The most important thing is to never blow on a joint to cool it, as the material is a eutectic alloy and will crystallise.

I take a piece of wet cotton string and wrap it around the factory connections just to be safe

Focus.... fouuuucaaassss :D Just kidding, thank you for the great video, it is very helpful, like all your videos! :)

I don't solder because I always need to take my speakers apart after I built them because they never sound right ...

It seems to me that this method would guarantee a "metal to solder to metal connection" rather than a more desirable "metal to metal" connection just "held together" by the solder. The signal would thus always be at the mercy of the particular "solder characteristics". Am I wrong? :/

WHY solder? You don't have to solder the other end of the speaker wire that connects to the receiver's speaker left or right input, you just insert the wire and tighten by rotating the red or black plastic fitting that holds the wire in place forever in which the wire end doesn't tarnish, its always a perfect connection without soldering. Why not have the same fittings that you tighten by hand to hold each wire on a 3 way crossover or speaker? You explain soldering quite calmly when a little mistake will ruin the 3 way crossover. When you hold that extremely heated tool what if the solder melts and then drips out of place and doesn't solder the wire, as this happened to me many times. Then if you apply the solder again you can damage the circuit board or crossover. Soldering is a very risky and painful method to connect wires, especially to the circuit board of a 3 way crossover. Ya gotta be a computer robot machine to do this with perfection.

Shoot if your solder gun Isn’t hot enough it’s very hard but you work with what you got. Moral of the story don’t buy one that has a battery 🔋

Hi Danny! Any difference in using solid or stranded wire in terms of sound quality? Thank you.

Dammit. I thought the wire on the windowsill was a hair on my phone screen. Can’t watch the video it’s bothering me so badly.

My fear is with fine wired tweeters.

Sod of a gun 😊 👍

That why in car audio there direct leads what I don't understand it why isn't every thing copper ever thing is a different metal car and home audio I never seen everything the same type all the way to The amp/receiver. The speaker post are not copper and a extra fitting as well.🎵🎶👍👌✌️💯🥂

Man, was I doing this wrong! Thanks.

Copper? Copper? You want copper in your signal path? Give me Silver Ag, all the way. No better sound and audio range than that provided by Silver. Copper isn't necessarily bad, but Silver is absolutely superior. Signals move fastest through Silver as scientific testing shows. Worst case to cut down the volume of Silver used, place it only in the woofer signal path to help the woofer almost keep up with the tweeter. Signal will arrive at the woofer first such that it can begin overcoming its inertia due to it's weight before the signal reaches the tweeter. Thereby the 2 are kept closer in response time.

Seems like to big a gun for this little work.

Great video, but don't use autofokus. Out of focus.

"You don't want to use crimps, they're made of tin and degrade the sound. Now... lets start by coating our wire in tin."

Never solder without a solder fume extractor. Metal poisoning is no joke! Something this guy clearly doesn't care to explain to people!