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Can This Really Matter?

I hear it again and again, everything matters in the digital chain. So I recently unboxed my new Bryston BDP 3 renderer and it’s connected to my Ayre QB9 Twenty USB DAC. I have a SSD inside a generic enclosure (with a fan) that will power up via bus. I have a twenty cent USB cable running from the SSD to the Bryston. So here’s the question, does the enclosure matter and does the cheap USB running between between the SSD and into the Bryston really matter? If so, it wouldn’t seem practical to spend much money on upgrading these accessories. And if so, what do you suggest?

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https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/do-i-need-new-sata-cables-when-upgrading-to-an-ssd.1667416/

Cables matter in audio performance…sure …I am in that camp too .

BUT ….we don’t live in a world of absolutes. ….
Ergo, the IT pro tech perspective mirrors this link user posted above, that an SSD cable “upgrade” pontification is only an audio cable upgrade improvement outlier as pure marketing puffery and an arguably an audio improvements mirage.

as @cleeds pointed out, you might consider it as a convenience improvement along with an arguable deterrent to cable wear and tear. I use the direct USB inputs with USB thumb drives in my older BRYSTON BDP1-USB player, so I will decline any personal opinion on whether this SSD insertion option sounds “better”

PS I don’t see any mention in any of the BRYSTON manuals, nor any postings in the extensive BRYSTON forum posts that an SSD cable swap will make any difference. If James Tanner at BRYSTON is apparently agnostic to it, I would follow suit.

 

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