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Best sounding USB cable for under $60

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Can you recommend me the best one for use with pc to NOS DAC

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I wouldn't limit yourself to $60. I just won a $550 USB cable at CanJam. It's big and silvery, though surely not as good as their $1150 model.

I suggest to ask that on the other forum.

I wouldn't limit yourself to $60. I just won a $550 USB cable at CanJam. It's big and silvery, though surely not as good as their $1150 model.

tell me that is not true :eek:

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Please, only the people with experience should answer. The rest can suck it if they want to ridicule the question and say bits are bits hahaha

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ive heard the polestar is really nice. I wonder if its worthy over the cheaper stuff. My 2 usb cables are different sounding and they are both cheap stuff which is why I got interested in getting a decent one. I was a nonbeliever of digital cable sound differences until now.

Yes, unprocessed digital 'data' will sound much better on a moar expensive wire.

I'd like to thinks so but I fear the worst...

:basement:

I think he's a little D and thought he was still over there.

anything structurally decent with a ferrite bead is the most you need.

anything structurally decent with a ferrite bead is the most you need.

I've read somewhere that the one thing you should probably avoid are ferrites. But who knows? Personally, I recommend purple cables.

They suppress EMI interference and serves as some isolation to other connected circuits surrounding it.

Though not really significant, it's something that if you can get it for cheap then do so.

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I've read somewhere that the one thing you should probably avoid are ferrites. But who knows? Personally, I recommend purple cables.

i heard that too which is why im avoiding the kimber cable

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Am I in the twilight Zone or in an audiophile forum??? ermmm seacrest out

I find that NOS DACs are better paired with vintage USB cables. The older the better.

Yes. You need to ensure that these are bandwidth limited so the bits don't go too fast and pull you out of NOS... :palm:

I've read somewhere that the one thing you should probably avoid are ferrites. But who knows? Personally, I recommend purple cables.

Charles Hansen is probably the origin of this. He claims that they change and degrade the sound over time.

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