Recommended USB Cables under $200

The more typical choice that I can recommend is a Shunyata Venom at about $150, but a friend loaned me a Phasure Lush USB cable.which costs 210 Euros or just above your price point. The improvement that I heard over the Shunyata Venom was substantial. 

It has both better resolution and pace but also with more fullness, smoothness and presence. Interestingly, this cable conveyed the edges of notes better, but also sounded smoother than the rest of the cables. It was both the least fatiguing of the USB cables I heard, yet also the most resolving. It provided a beautiful, organic sounding tone quality to instruments and voices, but still conveyed the edge in Kurt Cobain's voice on' Come as you are' better than either the Pangea or Shunyata cables. 

The downside of the Phasure Lush? You'll have to either order one from Europe or wait for one to show up in the used market only once every so often.

Consider this one. You'll probably laugh when you see the price.  But scroll down and see how it's made.  You'll stop laughing, and perhaps insist that all makers show you exactly what's inside their expensive cable.

Check out Cardas Clear USB, $180.    Tried and true, neutral clarity.

Hi imaninatural : I also highly recommend the Viablue cables. I use a couple of their ethernet cables that bettered the Supra Cat 8 cables that I was using before.  https://tritonaudiocables.com/Digital-Cables_c_23.html  

The Carbon is fine and a big step up from stock USB cables but I liked both the DH LABS Silver Sonic Mirage and the  Better Cables Blue Truth USB cable much more.  They sound quite different so which is best for you is probably system dependent.

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@fuzztone I'm looking into the ViaBlue, but only see European distributors. Do you know of any in the US?

I bought one of these. Couldn’t really beat the price

Wireworld Starlight.

I 've tried a few and I like ViaBlue KR2.

USB 3.0 is way past audio. A good 2.0 is probably better than any 3.0+.