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RE: Cheap Canare cable?

I fully understand there is no such thing as a digital signal. Any electrical signal transmission is analog. And the same cable degradation characteristics applies to any signal.

However the difference is in how the information is encoded. A varying analog voltage -or- a series of timed pulses which represent a numerical value of the voltage level.

Bad digital cables cause data errors. Those errors are not subtle. They result in clicks, pops and utter signal breakup.

This idea that one digital cable is brighter, more relaxed, smoother midrange, is just audiophile wishful thinking. A passive cable simply cannot make those types of changes with a digital pulse train.

In fact unlike analog, making those types of signal changes in a digital system cannot be done with simple capacitors, inductors, and resistors. A simple bass/treble control in the digital domain requires a DSP or equivalent level of real time calculations. Now how does a mere copper (or silver) wire accomplish all that with a digital signal? It can't!

P.S. I see in your bio you are a retired EE with a computer experience. You should clearly understand what I am talking about here. How can a length of wire flip the exact bits required to roll off the HF response of the audio signal encoded in a bit pattern. It must flip only the right bits CONSISTENTLY for at least SEVERAL SECONDS at 44,100 SAMPLES PER SECOND to "squash the treble". Now please explain the mechanism within the cable that can do that.

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