@thyname "Yes. Just like interconnects, speaker, and power cables can make a big difference. Rather than being a digital cable denier I’d suggest you try a better digital cable and use your ears rather than theory to make any conclusions. BTW, what digital cable are you using now?"
Your statement conflates analog and digital communications So how are the zeros and ones made better?
No one on this thread has yet to give any plausible explanation for how a Layer 1 cable impacts sound quality.
There are lots of things that can impact SQ in the analog realm that possibly relate to cables, but none of those apply to digital. It is in the very architecture of digital communications that this is so. Analog and digital communications simply function entirely different ways. This is not a matter of discussion; it is physical fact.
Just like there is no such thing as quantization error in analog; there are no such things as RF rejection, or ground loops in glass fiber. And at Layer One in digital communications, whether copper, glass fiber or RF (WiFi and Bluetooth) there are only zeros and ones, regardless of whether it's audio, video, social media or e-commerce. That's all there is, nothing more. Until you grasp that simple concept, you simply cannot claim any understanding of digital communications, or what may ultimately impact sound quality exiting a DAC.