Same here. It may make no difference to the electronics, but it matters to me. Yeah, a wee bit of compulsiveness.
Several years ago, in my heyday of working on car audio, I bought a set of those 'automatic' wire strippers. Very similar to
this.. It makes stripping wires a breeze and has been worth every penny.
I have some Belden cable from BJC too, and I know what you mean. Those use very thick strands of copper, and so it's much more difficult to accidentally cut them. If you were using a very highly-stranded wire like the kind Axiom sells, I bet it would be a whole lot easier to accidentally cut a few of those teeny-tiny strands.
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I did the same thing, and although I knew it wouldn't affect sound quality, it still bothered me enough to snip the end off and start over. I guesss I'm just obsessive about that kind of stuff. 
