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USB printer cable VS USB audiophile grade cable?

I have converted to PC audio about 2 years ago and enjoying the hobby. I recently upgraded my DAC from a Benchmark DAC1 HDR to a DAC2 HGC mainly to download DSD files. I am now using a 'regular' 12 ft. Belden USB printer cable purchased at Office Depot which sounds great. The Benchmark uses asynchronous clocking system to re-clock incoming bytes from the PC.

I just purchased an audiophile grade USB cable (Furutech GT2 Pro-USB). To my great surprise, this Furutech cable just trounced the printer cable. Noise level is down, music micro-details are popping up and bass goes down much lower. I've listened to some of my older CD's which I am pretty familiar with and hearing details I never heard previously. So it has nothing to do with jitter, since the Benchmark is handling it. The 'bits are bits' theory, which I subscribed to has some cracks to it...

Before I purchased this cable, I was of the opinion that the only sonical gain I would get would be better immunity to EMI/RFI since the Furutech has greater isolation. However, this purchase turned out to be of much greater sonical value for about $300.

I am perplexed and very happy at the same time :-)

What is going on?
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albertporter
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Good cable, but TotalDAC cable beats AQ Diamond.
That goes to show that sound is system dependent.  My findings are identical to rgs92, Audio Quest Diamond USB is the best I’ve heard.

I had several other brands including TotalDAC.   TotalDAC was darker and smaller sound stage than AQ Diamond.


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dasign, and others. You should try the Curious usb cables. Most impressive! Perhaps a little pricey, but well worth it.

Here's a link if your interested.

http://www.curiouscables.com/

emnipetro
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you can use the printer cable to connect the printer to the laptop. when you select the best printer cable then you never show an printer in an error state.so when use the correct printer cable then printer work effiecience incraece and print fast.
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