RE:RE:HTC Vive teardown out at ifixit
mac, don't forget Ifixit is about the repairability of products rather than their usability. Lots of reviewers do exactly what you're talking about and compairing Vive and Rift for usability and VR capabilities. But true, i wonder why Ifixit hasn't taken the cables apart. Maybe they want to keep using their units and taking the cable apart destroys it.