Can you name the track or screenshot it. Link doesn’t work for me. I’m in the U.S.
Also in the past it seemed you couldn’t hear differences in your output and thought streamer were a waste a money. As you can see different cables and sources make a difference. Funny thing with usb cables in the past is the cheaper ones end better than my $100 cable. That’s why haven’t bothered to try anything other than stock cable.
No, i said i tested Dave before i bought it with a Node2i(300 euros) vs a Naim ND555 with psu (30k+) and the Naim did sound slightly better but it was USB vs coax on the Node. so that could've been part of the reason. Even if it wasn't, the bang for buck aspect was laughable, same with cables as well.
I've also tested an Auralic Vega G1 streaming to itself vs my macbook pro streaming to it via usb and it sounded literally exactly the same. Tried for 45 minutes to find a difference.
So i'm as skeptical as could be. I'm willing to be proven wrong though, which is why i would consider testing others.
My chord c-line sounded noticeably better than a 5$ one with my older sony dac. I think that there's a minimum standard to be met and the cheap ones don't. Not that expensive frozen cables have some super advanced science that can't be explained. At one point confirmation bias kicks in and if you spend 2k on a usb cable because Johny Darko and the forum said it sounds better, you're going in expecting to hear that. I go in expecting everything is snake oil so unless it blows me away from the first 10 seconds i attribute it to either confirmation bias, or too small of a difference to spend the money. Except the m-scaler, i tried to like it for 3 days.
I'm not saying i know exactly where the point of maximum gain is, probably higher than i expect. But the fact that there are 60-70% discounts on super expensive cables says something.
I'm also not saying i have anything against expensive cables, if i had a 50k system i'd spend maybe even up to 5k on cables just because they look nicer, 0 improvement required, more if they actually do .
Like i said with watches, it's jewelry, i'm fine with that. It serves a purpose, but i don't like kidding myself about what that is, or others.
This optical cable actually does sound a lot better than the 10 euro one, and i'm sure the m-scaler would've sounded...less bad with it. Everything sounds.. clearer for lack of a better word. And the image a is less fuzzy, sharper.