Yeah, no kidding. Reminds me of a sort of famous story told in the software engineering business. A fellow spent years reverse engineering, refining and improving buggy whips until he finally was able to enter the market with what can only be described as the ultimate buggy whip. About a month before he was able to enter the market folks began buying cars.

I can't help but apply this to many things in HT, including the current level of refinement in CRT technology and 'wiggling things to make sound'.

Someone somewhere will figure out a better way to get traction on air and that will be the end of this buggy whip.