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They wouldn't hear any difference whatsoever: https://www.tomshardware.com/speakers/in-a-blind-test-audiophiles-couldnt-tell-the-difference-between-audio-signals-sent-through-copper-wire-a-banana-or-wet-mud-the-mud-should-sound-perfectly-awful-but-it-doesnt-notes-the-experiment-creator
That's the joke. They would claim that ... I don't know.. electrons are going to fall off that copper wire or something like that.
Man, if that isn't the experience when visiting any niche online community around anything hahaha.
they’d be mad about the lack of shielding, which COULD result in noise from interference. it won’t, but audiophiles love ignoring real-world measurements in favor of theoretical ones.
source: i am an audiophile, but one of the “spend money on gear, not cables” kind