Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference?

@almarg thanks for the great quote of respected expert.
noise and/or RFI is a separate beast shielding, twisting and other means help but moving and turning cable may produce even better affect, removing cable from the system (at least when playing music) solves the ambiguity in the root.

I suggested above to compare playing the same source over the network and directly (by copying file to the media player storage)

@astewart8944 I would prefer an opposite example: someone puts a fancy component into the system and feels good about it, starts hearing better sound or both, good for him/her. Even if doctor says - it should not help...
Hopefully he/she did not spend a lot of money on that and no one who made a component feels like he outsmarted another customer and got easy money.

kosst_amojan

Usually when somebody presents claims of symptoms that have no basis in reality they’re treated with psychiatric medications. Is that what we should do with people who hear Ethernet and HDMI cables?

Doctors don’t just throw up their arms in frustration when faced with a difficult diagnosis and then simply write a script for psychiatric medication. Instead, they call in other physicians and scientists, often from other specialties, and they work as a team to find the answer. That’s very different from you simply pronouncing others here as crazy.

In some totalitarian systems, people who don’t conform to the government mandated norms are often labelled as crazy, and then pumped up with drugs or sent to a gulag. It sounds like you might like that kind of country - as long as you could remain in charge. Thankfully that isn’t the case here.

@kosst_amojan Because you have asked who says gravity is unimpeachable, I provide this link to Bill Nye, the science guy, and Michio Kaku, astrophysics guy, explaining that gravity is one of nature's four fundamental forces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9FVFh3HYaY
IMO when you are fighting gravity to make your point, you are probably losing ground. But, I admire your feistiness.
Peace
Al