Nordost Valhalla, Transparent Reference, Wireworld Platinum, AQ Diamond.
What are the top 3 USB cables being used today in reference systems?
I am looking for a highly rated USB cable that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Is there such a cable?
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Wireworld Platinum is what I recommend, but use it with one of these: https://sotm-usa.com/collections/sotm-ultra/products/copy-of-tx-usbultra-regenerator-1 Steve N. Empirical Audio |
Hi Steve, I am using the tX-USBultra with the sMS-200ultra endpoint and the sPS-500 power supply that powers them both. So far I am switching between the two USB cables I have here, either the Curious or the Totaldac USB cable. Both sound good. I also have here Metrum's Ambre endpoint, which allows me to use an I2S connection with my Metrum Pavane L3 DAC. I haven't yet decided which endpoint I like best as each sounds a little different but the SOtM stuff sounds very good. |
Hi I was just curious as to the process by which the cable physically rearranges the bit-stream to make the music sound different. I had assumed that USB cables are pretty dumb wires that just carry a signal. I have been data network designer for some years and even I didn’t realise that some USB cables could ‘read and rearrange’ the data that they are carrying and make the sound, for instance, ‘warmer’. I guess that is why they are so ridiculously expensive. |
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