no romance, how can you make a statement like that? There is so much that goes into any cable that you can't just make a blanket statement like that as fact. The real fact is that any bare wire will start to 'gas' over time and that will degrade the sound tremendously at this level. If you have a strong cold weld like AQ makes along with a top of the line silver dipped spade, your connection is as good as anything else and you won't get the gassing, so it will continue to be a better connection. Other companies have done research on their connections and many are much better over time than bare wire. Just saying
