Decware silver interconnects: anybody heard them?


Decware makes some highly unusual interconnects using braided silver ribbon around a bees-wax (!) core. Any body heard them?
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Dia, Can you expand on that? What are their sonic characteristics, positive and negative, and what have you compared them to?
All well and good, but it's a lot of trouble to go to without having a sense of their sonic character as well as how they compare to other silver ics.
I agree that the sonic ideal of a component should be absolute neutrality, but lets face it, too much good music is poorly recorded, music that a smidgeon of euphonia would make listenable, if not enjoyable. A dollop, soupcon or pinch, mind you. The easiest way to achieve that is with a cable swap or a tube change. Moreover, great neutrality tends to correlate with great cost.
The Decware silver interconnects are ~$200. The question is, How does they compare to other ~$200 silver ics in terms of specific parameters and overall balance? A vote of confidence is virtually meaningless without significant comparisons. I'm asking a specific question here, not debating system building philosophies.
It's the popular "wisdom," though I'm learning differently. In The Cable Wars, the boutique designer seems to be winning.
One thing I'm learning is that the elaborate geometries that drive up the cost may not be necessary. Another thing is that the physics of signal transmission is far from thoroughly understood.