I'm sure Paul can speak for himself, but no it doesn't. The perception that cables make a difference is not disputed, it's whether they really do make a difference.

Prove the signal variations exist before speculating any further. Prove that there is a phenomena to explain before trying to explain said phenomena. That's what the cable sceptics are saying. It's that simple. Nobody has proved that electrically similar cables sound different, so why construct elaborate scenarios explaining how the difference is created?

Edited to add:

Tut tut, Wittgenstein would be turning in his grave (sorry, couldn't resist, but his private language argument is directed against precisely this sort of relativistic notion)

-- Ian