To All Cable Deniers, 1 Very Simple Question.

@akg_ca - Slap too many rules on something and you inevitably end up with a narrative that mirrors whatever the rule makers want it to be. I prefer high curbs but wide boulevards to allow interesting discourse, even when that freedom results in the occasional dust-up or failure to communicate.  There are many areas in life where people must simply learn to agree to disagree.

Not everyone here falls squarely in either the believer or denier camp.  I hear differences in some cables and, as a result, I spend money on the cables I believe make a difference in my system.  However, I am well aware those differences that I believe I hear may not be repeatedly, and reliably, identifiable if I were called to task - and I am ok with that.  There are many things discussed in these forums that some say make a profound difference in the sound of their systems and yet, when I purchased and tried them, made no perceivable difference in my system whatsoever.

I learn stuff here every day and I would rather put up with a few posters who occasionally display bad manners, than to lose the variety. Besides, if you don’t take this stuff too seriously, the dust-ups can be humorous. Just my opinion.

If someone asks about a cable are only positive comments to be allowed? There are some inconvienient truths about cables that should be known before spending rediculious amounts of money. I see that as constructive criticism for consideration.

 "improvement thru placebo effect is still improvement"  Good for you!!! Glad your happy!!    but the problem is... trying to convince other people that your fantasy is real, when it's not.

“but the problem is... trying to convince other people that your fantasy is real, when it's not.”

@gdaddy1 - The only people with that problem sell cables for a living. Otherwise, who cares what others think?

@bigtwin   Making sense of it is always helpful and narrows down the choice not to mention saving money.

As for "improvement thru placebo effect is still improvement" quote - you hear what you hear.  Blind test is to prove to others, that you can hear the difference.  As for me - I can hear big difference in speaker and interconnect cables, but not in power cables, so far.  Is it "negative placebo effect"?  Is it the fact that my gear is plugged into conditioner? or perhaps because my amp and DAC, both have line and load regulated SMPS built in?  It is also possible that change with power cable is too subtle for my aging ears.

Saying that you cannot hear the difference is as bad as saying you should hear the difference, calling people "Nay-sayers". 

When we hear the difference it's always helpful to understand why, before posting that other should buy same cable.  USB cable, like any other cable connected to DAC can inject noise into DAC, affecting sound, but purity of copper in data carrying wires has absolutely nothing to do with it, not only because it is digital data transfer, but also because it does not come in real time.  Particular S/Pdif coax cable can work great in one system (exact impedance matching), but might be bad in another.  Recommending them is silly IMHO.