For the sake of this endless argument, what is your explanation to the difference in sound with different speaker cables?http://www.ielogical.com/Audio/CableSnakeOil.php
Do you have one?
I read it (skimmed some) but Overall, I agree. At least in the attempt and direction.
The big however, in the equation of attempting to be the public protector, is that..in the given complex equation..x, y, and z will forever remain unknowns, as long as humans exist in the realm of possessing differential, or possessing individuality. The self appointed job would be eternal, and unending.
If there was exactly one DUT in all of eternity then all of it could be cut into stone and marked for the ages.
Alas...
the number, the sheer number of possible equipment differences, vs the number of possible human differences, vs the number of possible combinations of such... makes for an equation that has possible differences in each individual case, that probably exceeds the suspected number of atoms in the known universe.
So, without the humanities involved, the engineering end of the pool, simply cannot achieve balance in any way...and finds itself floundering in a unsolvable morass of all.