Why do people feel the need to post here and make the claims for cables in the first place? They could just as easily keep THEIR opinions to themselves as well. People like to post on BBs. Besides, what's obvious to me is not necessarily obvious to someone else. Especially a newbie who gets bombarded by endless ad copy, sales pitches in retails stores, and some more of the same on some internets sites. So it's nice to have a balance of opinions. At this site for the moment, the balance may be in favor of those who don't believe that these cables are of any value. At other times, the preponderance of opinions was in the other direction or at least that's how it seemed to me. I don't consider this one of life's major issues. And I usually don't insult people unless they insult me first. But if they do, they may get it back in spades.