@arichtman I suspect all that ferrous oxide that people like to introduce in modern software development might make a difference.
(As for audiophiles: I seriously had someone tell me that I'd get better audio if I used a high-end gold-plated €150 USB cable instead of a cheaper one. I really wasn't in the mood at the time to explain time-/frequency-domain equivalence and differential signalling... at the time I basically just shrugged and for once thought "well, you do you". 🙂)