I'm about as far from militant vegetarian you can get
People for the Eating of Tasty Animals
Fur offends more than Leather
because Bikers are Scarier than Grandmothers
I bet the labor involved in getting that coil perfect is a pain...I wonder what impact having a ground that's 3-4x longer than signal has on the sound...
Many mass produced cables are shielded. Most high end cables are not shielded. Zach's cables, for example, aren't shielded. Neither are headphile's. Or anything that's 2 wires under techflex, for that matter.
I've never seen a connector that wasn't made of either nickel, silver, gold, or rhodium. I've never seen copper used in a connector. Copper tarnishes, and would make an awful connector.