is it the connector or the wire ?

I think connectors are as important as any other ingredient in a cable, some of the newer low mass alternatives such as Eichmann and the WBT Nextgens would seem to prove that. However I wouldn't go so far as to be dogmatic about copper with copper or anything else. As they say the proof is in the pudding. Not that I'm really in any mood to do conductor/connector trials. Anyone?

Thanks JD, I was pretty sure that someone out there had very tediously compared many different connector/conductor configurations. I should have remembered you DIY review and figured out that you had done such a comparison. Thanks for sharing!