soldering hifi speaker cable into 1/4 plug

[saifq]

hello everybody,

this is a great place where i can let my insecurity of soldering out. I want to solder a normal hifi speaker cable into a 1/4 jack. i donot have a volt-meter to check for +ve/-ve, and neither do i know which poles of the plug are +/-ve.

can anybody help me?

help will be very much appreciated

regards

saif

 

[mik]

http://g-force.info/electronics.htm

 

[saifq]

thansk very much for the info, but i also need to know, whether the red part of the speaker needs to be soldered onto tip or sleeve?

thanks

 

[imix500]

Tip is positive.