What an annoying piece of writing. It's a bit wrong almost everywhere.

I'd be more interested in reading the listening test report.

For what appears to be a thorough analysis of the common audio cable geometries/materials try Jim LeSurf's web pages. I think he even writes for HFN.

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/audio/Analog.html

Paul