It is obvious that a disk cannot have a different rendering but here it is certainly the connectors or the path that even to the Dac that poses a problem
Observation made by 3 people.
I’d hope so.
It’s quite amazing though, how the OP went waah-waah crying to the moderators when pointed out that he’s wrong about hard drive connections… And the other one wants to both have it that blind testing is not important and it is his “perception” that counts and, at the same time, proposes some hare-brained quasi-technical explanations for the alleged difference. Can’t have it both ways, but cognitive dissonance is a powerful thing.
Nopes. After being read, decoded and buffered they go through the same path to the DAC.
Just go to the Support section of this very forum and see many people discussing how a certain fiber cable, not even anywhere near the analog path, makes “day and night, wife heard from the kitchen veil-lifting” difference. Sorry, but your sighted biased comparisons have absolutely zero worth in regard to the sound, and would be of interest only to psychologists studying mass delusions.
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Once again don’t take the cable bias by taking people for idiots
You repeat yourself and you push
We will not agree on this point. End of discussion for me.
Yes, Boris!!!
Because I couldn’t believe it at first either. But I asked my wife to cover the display of the 520 so that I couldn’t see what was playing. The same with the Macbook. I only had the woman on my lap (where I usually am 
) and she was sitting in another corner of the room. I came in, sat down on my listening spot and she started. At that moment, I didn’t hear any difference because I had no control. It was a little confusing not having the control to imagine something.
Besides, if there are differences, they are so marginal that I don’t care. What’s more, how my ears pick up something also depends on the time of day and it has been scientifically proven that due to changing air pressure, loud surroundings e.g. at work, possible high blood pressure or even lack of sleep, the ears don’t always work at the peak performance appropriate to their age.
Do not forget the beer, or any other alcohol. Alcohol is making strong equalizing perception, lowering ear sensitivity to high mid frequencies 
There is no difference. Unfortunately you seem to have some problems with reading comprehension, but that’s on you.
Yup. This wasn’t quite a scientific test, but much closer than the sighted nonsense some people in this thread demand that we believe.
A bottle of good Scotch could make just about anything sound good!!!
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I was drunk on the 13th. But no scotch.
I had a good Russian vodka that knocked my legs out from under me afterwards.
Yes, life is hard but fair on the coast.
“Don’t give small children alcohol” 
…
because: alcohol is not buttermilk!!!
By the way:
What are the UFOs doing…have they already arrived over Texas???
If so, then: fire at the things. 
The Texans are already waiting online…
That works, too. Just don’t start playing any balalaikas!
Oh, just on my block, we have enough firepower to hold down a small alien army
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…unfortunately I only had flute lessons at school, which was really boring for me at the time.
Absolutely awesome 
, that’s how it has to be.
Blow them out of the sky…
Hey, at least it’s not bagpipes or something else classified as a weapon of mass destruction!
Texas is a great place!