All said, $400 for retermination is definitely not VFM. Whether it is robbery or not cannot be confirmed without listening though.
Cardas Cold Forging
Has anyone tried the new Cardas option to have their speaker cable and connectors cold forged, making for a solid connection with no "connective" points with solder, etc. Sounds good in theory for line transmission, but can you hear any difference? If so what? I'm using Cardas Golden Reference.