Gents, just to share my experience. The USB cable is the most neglected cable in my system although I have a pretty decent one (Tellurium Q Ultra Silver). I recently went with the Wireworld Platinum Starlight 8 and installed it in my system yesterday. To my dismay I didn’t hear any noticeable difference. I tried to convince myself that the cable might need more time to complete the burn-in but wasn’t expecting any miracles.
Just today, I spent some time listening to familiar music. I’m stunned. Trying to avoid being long-winded, this cable now sounds quite different, quite a bit better than the old Tellurium Q Ultra Silver USB. I listened to more familiar tracks and figured out there isn’t any need to swap and compare the cables anymore to hear for differences.
Improvements include improved clarity and detail across the frequency spectrum, reduced background noise, reduced smearing of notes and more defined bass and midbass. It’s just an overall cleaner and more refined presentation and a higher quality sound reproduction. The tone of instruments sound slightly different and music just sounds right. I find myself shaking my head in disbelief and at the same time tapping my foot to the beat when listening to familiar music which showed improved refinement and sophistication. And it’s just a USB cable which I didn’t put too much high hopes earlier.
Make no mistake, at this level it’s the small differences that count. I don’t claim the difference to be earth shattering night and day. The previous cable is decent but this new USB has really taken things up a notch or two. The differences in this case improvements are clear to the ears. I am now a believer. The Wireworld is a good cable and I now highly recommend it. I’m not sure if the sound will improve further as the cable currently has about 20 hours on it.