Spec-chart for digital cables

To your point, I will agree that digital is still garbage in/garbage out.

For streaming you have packet loss, latency, bandwidth etc. which effect the signal prior to reception, so I am looking to ignore these and do a direct comparison of cable formats. With all factors being even, which cable reproduces the cleanest signal.

And yes I understand that cable construction will also effect the system, so we don’t need to head down that tangent.

mike

OP,  “For streaming you have packet loss, latency, bandwidth etc. which effect the signal prior to reception..”

A good streamer will buffer and cashe and completely make up for deficiencies in the data stream.

With all factors being even, which cable reproduces the cleanest signal.

That’s a fallacy.  You’re looking for something that simply doesn’t exist.  You’re also leaving out noise and shielding, which inputs are optimized on which component, etc..  There are simply too many variables to say “all factors being even.”  

I would refer you to Blue Jean and Belden WEB sites.  Not only do they have specs, but they are real and tested to them. 

Agree with @tvrgeek 100%. Great products and people. Hard to go wrong with anything Belden / Blue Jeans / Iconoclast makes.

One high end manufacturer(I cant remember which one) clearly states that 1.37 M for a RCA S/PDIF is their minimum length due to jitter.....interesting