@geoffkait
So what, you are saying a USB cable between a source and DAC can make the sound warmer because it has more voltage?
If a data cable doesn’t have sufficient bandwidth, the signal either drops out or stops to buffer.
Transient response, soundstage, imaging, tonal balance, etc. are all impossible to alter with a digital transmission.
Noise rejection & jitter are the only differentiating factors, and even then not by much (unless talking super long runs). Or, are you claiming that you can easily hear these differentiating factors which are lower than -100dBFS?
@mahler123
In terms of digital connections, a better source device and DAC actually have less benefit from higher-end cables than cheaper/worse source devices and DACs. Better DACs reclock internally, so less need for a “low-jitter” cable or an external word clock. Better source devices have less noise, so less need for a cable with better noise rejection.
So what, you are saying a USB cable between a source and DAC can make the sound warmer because it has more voltage?
If a data cable doesn’t have sufficient bandwidth, the signal either drops out or stops to buffer.
Transient response, soundstage, imaging, tonal balance, etc. are all impossible to alter with a digital transmission.
Noise rejection & jitter are the only differentiating factors, and even then not by much (unless talking super long runs). Or, are you claiming that you can easily hear these differentiating factors which are lower than -100dBFS?
@mahler123
In terms of digital connections, a better source device and DAC actually have less benefit from higher-end cables than cheaper/worse source devices and DACs. Better DACs reclock internally, so less need for a “low-jitter” cable or an external word clock. Better source devices have less noise, so less need for a cable with better noise rejection.