02-Mar-2018, 17:38
But as you yourself said, it's all error-checked digital data so why should Cat-5 with copper-coated alloy conductors sound different to Cat-7 with OFC copper? Why should an SSD sound different to a spinning disk? There is no difference to the digital data in either case.
You seem to be wanting to have your cake and eat it by attributing sound differences to specific features of the cables and NAS, but rejecting shielding of a digital cable as a possible source of sound differences. My take is that it's fine to say you hear a difference but especially with digital audio you're on pretty dodgy ground if you selectively try to explain what's making that difference by reference to technical features (unless you've done more rigorous tests to demonstrate your theory, of course).
You seem to be wanting to have your cake and eat it by attributing sound differences to specific features of the cables and NAS, but rejecting shielding of a digital cable as a possible source of sound differences. My take is that it's fine to say you hear a difference but especially with digital audio you're on pretty dodgy ground if you selectively try to explain what's making that difference by reference to technical features (unless you've done more rigorous tests to demonstrate your theory, of course).
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