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Nobody is saying that your 1000 euro speakers sound the same like the earbuds that came with your mp3 player in 2005. You know, the ones with the injection mold ports still there, that would dig into your ears.

This is to expose the people that buy gold wires for USB, a digital protocol.

You are free to spend your money how you like, but extreme diminishing returns are a very much overlooked thing in the "audiophile" circles.