Shadorne, I'm not used to seeing you respond with so many paragraphs littered with all-caps. I'm also surprised that this little cable item has led you to call for a moratorium on passive loudspeakers with an eye toward examining the possibility of an all active speaker world:]
Unfortunately, most if not all of the most highly regarded speakers in existence are passive.
Cables, themselves, do cause significant differences in sound regardless of how unsuccessful engineers are at properly understanding those differences.
Unfortunately, most if not all of the most highly regarded speakers in existence are passive.
Cables, themselves, do cause significant differences in sound regardless of how unsuccessful engineers are at properly understanding those differences.