Quote Originally Posted by hermanv
Although commercial crimping makes an excellent connection (they use tons of pressure) those inexpensive crimp tools are not very good in my opinion.

Get someone to solder on the new bananas for you, if you sleeve them with some nice heat shrink sleeving you could even re-sell then someday as they will look pretty much like a factory termination. Usually one lead (the Blue one for Kimber) will have a red heat shrink and the black lead a black heat shrink sleeve (these are also available at Radio Shack).

Crimping is a superior connection method as opposed to solder if done properly.