I suspect
that no two people here on r.r.a.a are in 100% agreement
on everything.

Surely you jest... Fight! Fight! Fight! Kinda reminds me of
Beevis and Butthead after eating too much chocolate..
K7ITM pretty much boiled it down to the raw minerals by
noting that the usual "shielded loops" only advantage is the oft
improved balance. I've already been through all this mess testing
them here...
And I've proven to myself that an open wire loop can be just as
good as a "shielded loop" just as long as balance is taken care
of. It's the balance that matters. If the two types are equally
balanced,
and the same size, they will act the same.
The rest is just fodder for bored old farts on a newsgroup.
Of course, many won't agree with me, and this would include Yuri,
since he believes a shielded loop is quieter than an open loop.
But I don't care.
It's a free country. Or I think it is... Sometimes I wonder these days

with all these goofballs we have in DC running the show.
MK