I don't think Ethan's test will do much to change any of the die-hard believer's mind. The mechanism of the test is too complicated for them to grasp what it is demonstrating.
What it is good for is what Ethan says at the start: that is, we say cables make no difference but we don't have good data to point to. In that regard, it provides more evidence for us to be convinced of its truth.
Hello,
I'm sending you this link to a French video that's probably understandable with English subtitles. In my opinion, this young sound engineer gives an excellent demonstration of the absence of any influence of cable quality on digital signal transmission.
I, as a music lover and user of fairly standard HIFI equipment, would be interested in a typical installation at a reasonable cost, and which excludes as far as possible interference from analog streams (RCA, loudspeakers, cable crossovers etc.).
A second question I'm asking myself, like many others, is it "musically" useful to invest in a new streamer to listen in "HIRES" with Qobuz, or is my SONOS connect and Bridge1 module enough?
I really appreciate your work
Sincerely
Hans Wolfgang Spiess/ Rouen France