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  Will a quality USB cable make a difference....

Will a higher quality USB cable make a difference when being used between a storage device (bus-powered mobile drive) and a music server (w/o DAC), as opposed to those used between a source (iMac) and USB converter/DAC? Can anyone confirm an audible improvement?
Sakahara  (System | Threads | Answers | This Thread)

03-20-11
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04-01-11   Baka1969... sorry about the typo previously btw... ok, so n ...   Istanbulu

04-01-11   Hi ed, before you start let me know what your rig will be. ...   Baka1969

04-01-11   Since i grabbed some unknown red usb off a peg on the wall, ...   Orpheus10

04-06-11   This got off track fast. my question was a simple one requir ...   Sakahara

04-06-11   Ok, i set up the dell windows 7 laptop as the server for the ...   Istanbulu

04-07-11   To my ears a usb cable is a usb cable. 1's and zero's.   Hbarrel

04-07-11   I switched from itunes to foobar and i still can't hear the ...   Baka1969

04-07-11   If you were using itunes on a pc, its no wonder. you will n ...   Audioengr

04-08-11   Again this my system: computer winxp lossless itunes/foo ...   Baka1969

04-11-11   The original poster's question was will a higher quality u ...   Istanbulu

05-20-11   Istanbulu, ok. i have $1150. to buy a meter of the enopias! ...   Vvrinc

05-21-11   It makes some sense that since this is streaming and not sta ...   All300b

05-21-11   Hi vvinc... this is my suggestion if you are interested in r ...   Istanbulu

05-21-11: Larry_s
"So, OK it is plausible that different USB cables sound different from one another."

If there are any measurable "speed" differences in cables that would cause timing issues the difference would probably so small compared to any clocking on the host or re-clocking in an adaptive USB based DAC. With an synchronous DAC it wouldn't matter with all other things being equal (clocking into DAC chip, etc.).

And, then even if there is measurable jitter for whatever reason, how much jitter is needed for it to be audible using strict ABX testing? Not the single person swapping cables and thinking what they recall hearing minutes ago is accurate.


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05-24-11   I've been reading about this, and im planning to make some t ...   Chatta

05-24-11   @chatta... everything about cables is system dependent. tell ...   Istanbulu

05-30-11   I had a chance to listen for quite some time to a dealers se ...   Paulsax

06-14-11   Digital is digital. 1's are 1's and 0's are 0's. it will wor ...   Docks

06-15-11   @docks, i'm gonna quote judge belvin perry (casey anthony tr ...   Istanbulu

06-17-11   I tried a us30 cable and a us150 usb cable. sad to say, the ...   Nolitan

06-17-11   Which 150 dollar usb cable is that? pls share.   Horchai

06-17-11   Thanks for going the extra little bit to help our economy (o ...   Larry_s

06-19-11   I'm still very skeptical about getting a high dollar usb cab ...   Jedinite24

06-22-11   I have had differences. the music was just more clear with t ...   Programmergeek

06-26-11   Just curious given the talk of laptop vs pc vs mac vs mac mi ...   Vikingboy


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