Quote Originally Posted by 996turbo
To assume that we are at the pinnacle is just plain rediculous.
Why would you say this? I assume it is in relation to cable pioneering acheivements since that is what we are talking about.

Is it really ridiculous that there is nothing more to be gained sonically from cables? Do you have any examples where you feel progress limits have been reached or do you believe we can improve upon every single thing?

Personally, I can think of several examples where we have tried to push "boundaries" of design or whatnot and have produced something less than before. Could you see that happening to cables?

And finally, let's look at where real scientific pioneering takes place. One great source is the educational system. The professors and researchers who are either working on doctorates in engineering or have them already produce the most cutting edge research that I know of. In some circumstances, large corporations do this as well. Having been exposed to this environment, and working in it, I find it strange that cable research is completely absent. There are thousands upon thousands of engineering journals filled with all imaginable topics, yet not a single cable thesis that I could find.

It seems that the only pioneering done for cabling is done by cable retailers and they don't publish any findings or test results and usually don't even manufacture their cables themselves. So either this cable industry is truly unique and secretive, or it all a bunch of fluff.