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| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste Again, the OP link to the TAS article is a not a review. It is clearly an advertisement for the USB cable. | |
| Fake XLO cables from China Did you have to pay Trump tariffs on those cables? | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste Nonoise,Today, most, if not ALL, USB DAC use asynchronous USB architecture which uses a local clock to clock in the data, so data jitter is no longer an issue. Therefore you have to be able to explain at least in theory why data jitter would affe... | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste The OP link to the TAS article was not meant to be a "review". I don’t think TAS made any claim that they actually reviewed the cable so the OP opinion was not accurate.Here is a better review of various USB cables. It was an old review so some of... | |
| What do you think of the DIY Cat 5 speaker cables I have done it myself but I think the cable may have a bit too much capacitance. The sound lacks a bit of transparency and the bass is a bit compromised. And those CAT5 cables are not cheap. I think you're better off buying some decent affordab... | |
| The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste First in order to convince that USB cables do make a difference, people in the business have to be able to articulate at least in theory why would a USB cable would make a difference. Using common sense, if you can't prove that something on paper... | |
| The Science of Cables And the brain's expectation after such a purchase will provide you with, not what you hear, but what you want to hear. I agree. Question your own brain first. "Know thyself first" ... forgot who said that lols. | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) OK, I remember now. You're the viridian guy. I called you the brick.. Why did I wasted my time lols. | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) I don’t listen for, or value, soundstage, or imaging. Then you're in the wrong thread lols. | |
| The Science of Cables An interesting review by Wes Phillips of the Transparent Music Link Reference interconnect & Music Wave Reference speaker cable.https://www.stereophile.com/content/transparent-music-link-reference-interconnect-music-wave-referen... | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) Audioquest used to demo their speaker cables on a boom box, so they may take umbrage with your statement above. So it is a belief system after all. It's possible that the cable improves the bass and may give a bit more treble/smoother treble bu... | |
| Home Demo Faceoff: Nordost / Audioquest / Transparent The Nordost cable construction seems to favor inductance over capacitance, that is the geometry reduces the capacitance to a minimum but my guess it may have higher inductance relatively. I haven't heard it personally myself but high inductance c... | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) Another variable to consider is what type of cables and xover components being used in the speakers. If you have some cheap speakers with cheap internal and xover components then well your speaker cables probably won't make much difference. Don'... | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) If you have a well designed DAC, it should be less sensitive to cable. I have a Ayre QB9 DSD which has its own power supply, and the data inputs are optically isolated so it will not be as susceptible to noise coming from the USB cable. | |
| I've never believed much in cables, that said... (USB) One of the differences (among many) between water and electricity is that before turning on the faucet in your kitchen, the kitchen does not have any water in the first place. But with electricity, even before you turn on the switch of the amp, t... |