I do not trust @crymeanaudioriver opinion(s). ASR site is replete with anecdotes and foolish statements concerning cables, especially digital cables. I've tried half a dozen digital cables and none of them sound the same, not even close. I bet they measure the same though, 75 ohms, similar capacitance, resistance, inductance although I have no tests proving that other than a voltmeter. I decided based on listening. None of the cables had specs although five had extensive explanations concerning their construction.
My tests are extensive and include measuring the output of audio devices to see if the waveform has changed at all. I recently started to play music through them and perform null tests showing the cable made no contributions whatsoever.
Reports like yours persist not because the facts are different, but that you think listening with your eyes wide open is the same as doing so without them. Until such time that you can provide reliable evidence of sound only, what you are saying has no value.
One of the top audiophiles in this forum with half a million dollar audio system swore a few years ago that he can tell the difference between his MIT oracle cable and others. He agreed to a blind test where he could not remotely do so. All it took was using just his ears to change the outcome. You can read about it here:
"So our results with Mike as our listener were clear: for this particular methodology, Mike could not accurately identify a difference in the cables."
Mike posts this about the experience: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/86-ul...184-observations-controlled-cable-test-2.html
"yes; i have, to some degree, changed my perspective on cable differences....but...my mind is still processing the results and what they mean for me. i hope that i can coherently relate the various thoughts that go thru my mind. as Chris mentioned; the controls were successful at keeping me from knowing which cable was which. for each test i felt confident about my choice (except #6...see below).
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when i made my choice known for #8 i was confident that i was 100% for all 7. then my friend Ted said 'that's it.....test over'. we had discussed prior that any result 7 out of 10 or better or 15 out of 20 or better would mean a positive result and to continue. once we got to only 3 out of 7 it was clear that we were not going to get a positive result.
why did i fail?.....or put another way.....why did this test show no real difference? was i overconfident?
yes; regardless of the eventual answer i was not respectful enough of the challenge.
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in my mind i am not confident that i will ever be able to hear reliable differences between the Monster and the Opus to pass a Blind test. OTOH i am also not sure i won't be able to do it."
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Until this lesson is learned, nothing you know in audio can be trusted to be true.