If you choose to ignore my argument then suit yourself.  Whether I believe in cables or not is not particularly relevant.  What I said was even most people that do believe in cables would be unlikely to accept that they could turn a great bit of kit into a poor one as you seem to be suggesting.

Would you care to expand on the scientific reasons why the TacT SDA "doesn't take kindly to silver plated cables" to give some credence to your statement?  Does it perhaps also not take kindly to facing North - perhaps because that aligns it with the earth's magnetic field?

Michael.