Okay, now for a serious answer:
I'm a veteran audiophile and I still have some old Monster Interlink Reference (black) as well as a smattering of most other cables I've used over the last 20 years.
Properly terminated cables don't go bad under normal conditions. I just used a pair of those 20+ year old Monster Cables on a tuner in my reference system and they sound great. I doubt that they sounded much better, ever.
The main thing I have noticed over the years is that the resolution of audio cables has continually evolved. However, today, you can get top performance -- detail, dynamics, linearity, soundstaging, etc. for a small fraction of the price of the top-performing cables from 5 or 10 years ago.
Yes, the top prices of cables continues to climb, but so does the bang-for-the-buck in the moderate and lower price ranges.
Has it peaked? Well, probably not. No-one's using superconductors in the audio industry as far as I'm aware. Will future cables using superconductor technology sound better in your system? Very Likely. Will they cost a fortune when first introduced? Even more likely. Will it ever end? Not very likely...
I'm a veteran audiophile and I still have some old Monster Interlink Reference (black) as well as a smattering of most other cables I've used over the last 20 years.
Properly terminated cables don't go bad under normal conditions. I just used a pair of those 20+ year old Monster Cables on a tuner in my reference system and they sound great. I doubt that they sounded much better, ever.
The main thing I have noticed over the years is that the resolution of audio cables has continually evolved. However, today, you can get top performance -- detail, dynamics, linearity, soundstaging, etc. for a small fraction of the price of the top-performing cables from 5 or 10 years ago.
Yes, the top prices of cables continues to climb, but so does the bang-for-the-buck in the moderate and lower price ranges.
Has it peaked? Well, probably not. No-one's using superconductors in the audio industry as far as I'm aware. Will future cables using superconductor technology sound better in your system? Very Likely. Will they cost a fortune when first introduced? Even more likely. Will it ever end? Not very likely...