So far I've spent about 6hrs painting window trim. The only plus of that is that I've had the Jonokuchi driving a pair of Allison CD6s the entire time so I've had good tunes to work to.
If the wires are enameled you can burn it off with any iron worth anything and it doesn't get any more simple than cutting the end off a cable and soldering on whatever termination desired. I think we can pretty much end this thread with that.
Honestly, it was about as hard as plugging in a power cord.
It was the retailer pushing it not Sony. Unsurprisingly the retailer is now out of business.