Valley of "audiophile" ethernet cables

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@danny

There are way better ways to improve sound quality.

Yeah, I made the similar observations about priorities here, where @dabassgoesboomboom and I agreed to disagree.

DSP Up-Sampling features in Roon 1.3

So, what I’ve gotten from reading this forum over the past year is that the equipment someone new to the hobby and not an ‘audiophile’ first buys is all that’s really needed. Not to necessarily equate quality with money (although that’s usually how it works), but one should buy the best amplification, DAC, and speakers that one can afford. All else is irrelevant to a greater or lesser degree. Obviously that’s always been true, but to me it becomes more apparent that ‘audiophile’ cables, USB s…