Perhaps in the future. As for now, I recently bought some new Cardas cables. They are miles ahead of the former Cardas offerings. But not at long lengths!
Also some wire from Kimber. The clarity of the new wires is better than other wires from Kimber I have had. (though at 6 meters they are not perfect either..)
Part of the current situation is geometry. No one has really totally explored all the kinds of geometry possible. Still room for breakthroughs there.
For wire purity, we may be near the peak. With single crystal wire, 99,99999 purity. That particular point is near perfection. The only breakthroughs may be lower costs to produce.
Alloys may be a whole new area few cable makers have explored, and the few who have are only scratching the surface of it. Alloys may be a very fertile area of cable research in the future. And not neccessarily gold and silver with copper. there may be others no one has even had an inkling of. Mostly because no one has bothered to look.
Alloys in aerospace are a million miles ahead of audio cables, because there is money and a demand to do research to solve problems. the only cable companies which could afford to do some are not at this time.. probably because no need to.
So thirty years from now some accidental discovery of an alloy composition which makes all other cables seem made by cave men may appear.. Who knows. Maybe next week.
One point is plenty of current mid to low priced cables available now are great.
Also some wire from Kimber. The clarity of the new wires is better than other wires from Kimber I have had. (though at 6 meters they are not perfect either..)
Part of the current situation is geometry. No one has really totally explored all the kinds of geometry possible. Still room for breakthroughs there.
For wire purity, we may be near the peak. With single crystal wire, 99,99999 purity. That particular point is near perfection. The only breakthroughs may be lower costs to produce.
Alloys may be a whole new area few cable makers have explored, and the few who have are only scratching the surface of it. Alloys may be a very fertile area of cable research in the future. And not neccessarily gold and silver with copper. there may be others no one has even had an inkling of. Mostly because no one has bothered to look.
Alloys in aerospace are a million miles ahead of audio cables, because there is money and a demand to do research to solve problems. the only cable companies which could afford to do some are not at this time.. probably because no need to.
So thirty years from now some accidental discovery of an alloy composition which makes all other cables seem made by cave men may appear.. Who knows. Maybe next week.
One point is plenty of current mid to low priced cables available now are great.