Too terminate or not

I use copper crimp sleeves for all of my terminations, and it's flawless, cost effective and lets you re-use your expensive terminations from several manufacturers including WBT and Furutech.

You need to get the right kind of crimper (WBT's is like $100, but a similar tool can be had from Lowe's and the like for $30).

At 30ft length each it’s far more important that you get the right gauge of wire.

i agree w this

terminate whichever is more convenient - at that length of run the wire will determine sq so much more than different (proper) terminations

How do you think I can connect bare 12AWG wire behind my Croft?

Fail to see the problem. Looks like a standard 3-way binding post to me. Unscrew a bit, stick the bare wire in, tighten back down. What is the problem?

I replaced banana with spades on my multi individual strand cable.  I bought Audioquest spades but standard crimper did poor job.  I borrowed Audioquest crimper (almost identical) from the local Audio store and it worked perfect.  After crimping I soldered it heating wires first to prevent thermal expansion of the spade (to keep zero oxygen connection).  I know, many purists are against using third material (solder), but connection, even if not 100%, is so tight that solder doesn't matter (electrically).  If you "suck at terminating cables", then better send it to professionals - it is one time expense.

@joey54 Duelund has an incredible following and reputation. Where can I purchase one? Not that many places that sell. How would you compare this with Mogami 3103?