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In a blind test, audiophiles couldn't tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud (www.tomshardware.com)
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[โ€“] thelittleblackbird@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Cable quality only matters in long distances, when the dumping of the signal is noticeable.

If the distance is so short that there is not any voltage drop and still out powering the external noise. There is in effect no influence

[โ€“] iglou@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours ago

Oh yeah, for sure. I didn't include that part because an audiophile setup rarely has a need for long distances.