January 26, 200917 yr I'm more surprised that it took this long for something like to this to come out.
January 26, 200917 yr I think Kimber has a really silly expensive one. Found it, http://www.audioconnect.com/html/kimber_usb_cable.html
January 26, 200917 yr I don't see how this is any different than audiophile coaxial and toslink and AES/EBU and BNC cables.
January 26, 200917 yr 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.
January 26, 200917 yr They could at least do something useful and put a ferrite on them like the Kimber has
January 26, 200917 yr The big advantage is that audiophile DIY usb cables are WAY more likely to introduce errors
January 26, 200917 yr Author The big advantage is that audiophile DIY usb cables are WAY more likely to introduce errors win;D
January 26, 200917 yr 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.
January 27, 200917 yr 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.
January 27, 200917 yr Honestly, people will literally fall for any old tat if it's wrapped up in enough jargon and glowing BS.
January 27, 200917 yr 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.
January 27, 200917 yr ^^^ 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
January 28, 200917 yr ^^^ 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
January 28, 200917 yr ALO will come out with a better fatter more expensive one within a month. FIFY FIFBOY
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