Ethernet Cables make a difference

[IanG-UK]

I am somewhat disappointed but not surprised that this thread has gone the way it has. I thought long and hard before putting it out there.
Believe me or not, it’s not harming me. I just thought it might be of interest to anyone considering this type of evaluation. I had a nagging partner desperate to stop me from taking the more expensive cable. I did the trial with a number of friends and the consensus of the group (inc my partner) was that the most enjoyable cable was consistently the same one. I didn’t state which was the most expensive during the test so it could be placebo but I was happy with the conclusion and remain content listening to my music.



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These threads always go this way on audio forums as long as they last long enough for maybe 15 or 20 posts. The effect here is generally smaller than on the broader forums like pink fish and whatsbest - probably because the heart of this forum is based on interest in, effectively, two or three Devialet core products.

I'm quite happy that steve and, latterly, rama claim there are or can be differences as they hear it; and that gremlim and, latterly, kmjy say it is a technically unchangeable outcome. I sign up to the latter views and yet still have sympathy with the former to an extent that I spend c.£300 on four Meicord ethernet cables because they are highly recommended by an established engineer-trained reviewer. 

And we are always in the position that jean-marie's ABX  proposal never happens. 

So we enter many of these threads with view I or view II or my view I/II - and exit the thread rarely changing our views. QED.