USB cable recommendation

I’ve tried a few over the years. Some I’ve bought, some I’ve been lent by friends and companies. Admittedly I have tried the most common ones mentioned on here like shunyata or wireworld because I’ve had their other types of their top

of the line cables in house and didn’t like their sound signature nor overall capability. 
When I first started years ago I had every audioquest cable in house. The carbon was rather nice tonally and head great texture.  Don’t remember the next one up I had but I didn’t like because it didn’t have the texture of weight. The diamond was a carbon but with more capabaility but more sterile. 
I also had Clarus crimson in the battle and a few others.  I purchased the Clarus crimson. It had wonderful flow, nice copper timbres, all the detail and wonderful organic midrange with height. I have been sent many other cables over the years and have always stuck with the crimson. Only recently has it been dethroned by the stealth double tune.   It’s not a huge upgrade but when switching back to the Clarus , it just like every time when you think you found the holy grail and then something else comes along and shows that it can be better. 
The stealth definitely uses some aluminum or tin mixed with something else probably some copper and silver. The aluminum I believe is making brass instruments sound unreal.  Saxophone, trumpet and harmonica are much closer to realistic timbre and are just ridiculously good.  It shows itself slightly in guitar strings but not much which is a good thing.  But this natural timbre affect in the highs is nowhere to be seen in the rest of the spectrum. Everything else id wonderful. It’s very transparent with great speed and detail.  Those that say usb cables matter the least just simply dont have transparent cables. When the rest of your system is like no cables at all you actually hear your usb and Ethernet cable more than anything so it’s important to get the flavor you want.  
FWIW, I did not have the most transparent system when I tried the audioquest. I always keep an open mind about some cables and gear keeping it in the back of mind what they do well. I plan to try audioquest Ethernet soon because I really like the warm strong bass, speed and amazing texture. I think it would be a perfect match with my stealth as long as the Ethernet delivers similar tonal and textural attributes the usb did. But I could be wrong. Maybe I need stealth Ethernet and audioquest usb. That’s the thing about this hobby. It’s a game where you have to play the lottery to get the pieces. 

Highly recommend Ricable Magnus. I’ve tried other, much more expensive cables, and it stands up or betters them. Only one I preferred was the Cardas high speed cable, but it costs way more. 

AI will try and tell you what you want to hear. Engineering will tell you the truth and that is expensive USB cables make little to no audible difference as long as the cable meets proper USB spec and isn’t faulty. The only possible benefit will be noise rejection and that is a simple and very cheap matter of good shielding.

The DAC receives packets of data, not a continuous waveform. So, as long as the packets arrive intact, the DAC reconstructs the audio perfectly. USB has error correction, retries, and clocking handled at the DAC, not the cable.

There is no tone, tonal balance, neutrality, warmth or air a USB cable can add nor remove. If the data arrives, it arrives bit‑perfect.

Some DACs leak ground noise or 5V power noise into the analogue stage. A better‑shielded cable can reduce that noise.

RF‑noisy environments such as switch‑mode power supplies, Wi‑Fi routers, ground loops, USB-powered DAC’s, overly long cables etc.can all interact negatively with poorly shielded USB cables.

I seriously challenge any audiophile in a blind ABX test between a well constructed to industry USB spec, double or triple shielded $30 USB cable and a stupidly expensive USB cable making spurious and frankly dishonest claims around cryo treatment, directionality, quantum tunnelling, microfilament construction, all creating greater clarity blah blah blah!! It’s all non peer reviewed pseudo scientific nonesense.

Spend your hard earned money on things that actually can make a difference. There are no gains to be found in esoteric USB cables except the ones that happen from confirmation bias.

My choice for what its worth would be Lindy Anthra Line USB or still over priced AudioQuest Cinnamon. It won’t sound better but it is physically well made..

Audioquest Diamond or Audience Studio One if you want natural and detailed presentation. If you want analytical, Shunyata. 

Digital packets down a digital cable can neither add nor take away a natural tone or provide a more detailed sound neither can a USB cable impart analytical presentation. If you can provide the peer reviewed science, I would gladly read it.