The Absolute Sound "review" of USB cable reads suspiciously like a press releaste

@wynpalmer4,

I appreciate and respect your background on this matter and would like to know, or clear up, the matter of the signal being corrupted when being transmitted by a poorly made USB cable. 

First, did you read the link I provided on the previous page and if so, did it correctly describe what happens with USB transmission?

Second, if so, then does it make sense that a corrupted data stream cannot be faithfully reconstructed on the receiving end?

All the best,
Nonoise

Download your digital media onto a computer. The ripping process includes CRC checks for bit perfection. That way you can be certain that the bits out are what was intended to be recorded on the original medium and any discrepancies will be flagged.
This also applies for any lossless compression schemes such as FLAC.
After that, well you still need to have quality retiming etc.

Are there any online reviewers you can actually trust these days?
I want to upgrade my system but all the High End stereo places
went out of business in my area and all that is left is Best Buy.
6moons seems like a decent site but I have no idea if the reviewers
are accurate or not.  (Thanks)
 

A sufficiently corrupted data stream cannot be reconstructed at the receiving end, but the corrupted packets can be identified and dropped.
This is quite audible and unmistakable. It does not result in the loss of ambience or differences in top hat shimmer.

@jbrrp1 

How do you fiddle with a USB cable?  
I believe you, I just want to know how..

My biggest Holysh*t!! moment was better powercords.