[GigaFi]

I've had to cut up some IEMs for warranty purposes. For the sake of science, I was wondering if it was possible to splice the really thin cables back together?
 
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4142/q2101845.jpg
 
I have two ends of those that I need to put together, looks like 4 colored wires on each half.
 
I also notice that each wire have a colored coating on them that won't let give a reading on a multimeter, what's the best way to strip the extremely thin coating?
 
I have only a little bit of experience soldering and none piecing wires together so this will be a good learning experience 

 

[bcg27]

Sure it's possible. The picture isn't very good but I'm assuming there is an enamel coating on the wire. My favorite way to strip that is to put a blob of solder on the tip of my iron and then submerge the wire in the solder. The coating will burn right off. There are a lot of other methods as well but I have found that solder is the quickest and easiest.

 

[Lurkumaural]

+1.  Every wire I've ever tried to strip with a lighter (as was recommended elsewhere on head-fi for those enamel coatings) wasn't nearly as conductive as when I let some hot solder do the work.
 
If you've got those little non-conductive fibers in there, like fabric or plastic, go ahead and shrink those away with a lighter or with the proximity heat from your iron.  Not sure if that's what the picture shows.

 

[GigaFi]

Thanks for the feedback.
 
After stripping the enamel coating, do I need to solder the cables together? or could I just twist them?
 

 

[Pars]

Solder them. Twisting them together is bound to fail sooner or later... my bet would be sooner. You will need to insulate them with something afterwards. Fingernail polish would work.