I know this post is a bit old, but I figured I would share my experience with these speaker cables.
I bought a pair of the Raven Audio Soniquil speaker cables a few years back. Unfortunately, the plugs broke fairly quickly. I finally got around to repairing them last week and was disappointed to discover that Raven Audio is misrepresenting how the cables are manufactured.
The website states that the connectors are soldered to the wire.
However, the connectors on my cables are not soldered. They’re just set-screw banana plugs.
I tried reaching out to Raven Audio for an explanation, but they haven’t responded. Now I can’t say with confidence that I personally could tell a difference in sound quality due to this discrepancy, but I didn’t like that the product was misrepresented.
Additionally, these connectors are supposed to be rhodium plated. I’m not sure if that is true either, since they appear to be tarnished now. Rhodium shouldn’t tarnish at all, so is it possible they’re lying about that as well? Does anyone know if this is tarnish, or would you expect this type of look for rhodium connectors after a few years? You can see the difference in color between the part exposed to air and what was covered by the heat shrink tubing that I cut away.
