recstar24 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Ummmm... usb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I'm more surprised that it took this long for something like to this to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I think Kimber has a really silly expensive one. Found it, http://www.audioconnect.com/html/kimber_usb_cable.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZephyrSapphire Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I don't see how this is any different than audiophile coaxial and toslink and AES/EBU and BNC cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fungi Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 I don't see how this is any different than audiophile coaxial and toslink and AES/EBU and BNC cables. USB is a different type of "digital" signal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZephyrSapphire Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 USB is a different type of "digital" signal. Oh yeah. Forgot about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beefy Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 They could at least do something useful and put a ferrite on them like the Kimber has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 The big advantage is that audiophile DIY usb cables are WAY more likely to introduce errors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Woo hoo! Polestar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceboy Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 The Locus Design Group Axis T ($549 USD for 6ft) got to sound sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recstar24 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 The big advantage is that audiophile DIY usb cables are WAY more likely to introduce errors win;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Also the cheaper and DIY cables cannot handle the higher "1s" and they only let the "0s" through("0s" are lighter than "1s"). The slow transmissions of "1s" can be alleviated with a special "hydro-crystallization" treatment that increases cable bandwidth and makes the music seem quicker, cleaner. IE, the "1s" have the space to travel down the cable along with the "0s". Jeez, I thought HC was full of the bright ones and this kind of stuff was understood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Currawong Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I think if I were in the market for an "audiophile" usb cable, I'd have a good enough DAC that it re-clocks the digital data, so I wouldn't need one in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeggy Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 Honestly, people will literally fall for any old tat if it's wrapped up in enough jargon and glowing BS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 I think if I were in the market for an "audiophile" usb cable, I'd have a good enough DAC that it re-clocks the digital data, so I wouldn't need one in the first place.No, the point is USB is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 ^^^ I think the point is, that if you have a USB DAC that uses a correctly implemented asynchronous mode (the USB Audio standard uses isochronous transfer in one of three modes: synchronous, adaptive, or asynchronous) Then you have removed the timing part of the equation - or made it irrelevant. That just leaves the data part, which for a digital cable can be either working, or broken (fail!), there is no better or worse to it. But since when has use of a decent protocol to overcome the limitations of physical medium stopped people from selling unnecessary solutions to people with more money than sense. Denon USA | AK-DL1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnielee54 Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 ALO will come out with a better one within a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopstretch Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 ALO will come out with a better fatter one within a month. FIFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 ^^^ I think the point is, that if you have a USB DAC that uses a correctly implemented asynchronous mode (the USB Audio standard uses isochronous transfer in one of three modes: synchronous, adaptive, or asynchronous) Then you have removed the timing part of the equation - or made it irrelevant. That just leaves the data part, which for a digital cable can be either working, or broken (fail!), there is no better or worse to it. But since when has use of a decent protocol to overcome the limitations of physical medium stopped people from selling unnecessary solutions to people with more money than sense. Denon USA | AK-DL1 Ding ding ding ding.... we have a winner! ALO will come out with a better fatter one within a month that costs 3x the price of the Polestar! MOAR JENA FTFY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 ALO will come out with a better fatter more expensive one within a month. FIFY FIFBOY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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