I don't really have an explanation as to why I want it. I like the look of XLR cables, I guess? I am interested in better clocks. I've already got the BNC adapter working with the Musiland Digital Times and that was a lot of fun. But I really like using XLR cables!
My conclusions as to preference are never be incorrect as far as I am concerned. All the way until I change my mind!
It's an inherent weakness of subjective listening.
Not saying that my subjective preference would not quickly be shown to be insignificant and biased by blind testing, of course.
If you looked at my gear, blind testing would have told me to spend a lot less on much less stuff. Not arguing against its results. But that's not the gear I ended up with.
I've got a solid state drive. Musiland Digital Times, DC-1. XPA-1 gen 2 monoblocks using XLR connections.
With blind testing the results would have suggested I used the gear I also already own. Much cheaper that way.
$30 Behringer UCA 202 or my old $125 XDA-1 DAC for more connections,
$40-ish my ancient mechanical hard drive PC (no arguments there. They sound the same either way blind or not. I just wanted faster processing for startup time and such.)
$230 Emotiva Bas-x a-100 amp.