While I personally don't feel this article would be useful in an arguement to promote any particular brand or design of speaker wire, I can certainly agree with what is almost humorously the obvious,

Yes, when things break or degrade (corrosion) they certainly don't work as good any more and Yes, it is, of course, better to apply materials and strategies to avoid or prolong the time before degradation.

Side track:: If only most car manufacturers could adopt this philosophy.

With great power comes Awesome irresponsibility.