USB cable..what do you have.

IMHO, the key here is the word "better." Better in terms of what? Liquidity, musicality and detail...?

Your remarks do not surprise me. Are you sure that the particular throwaway cable that, according to you, performs so well is not a manufacturing anomaly? The 10,000 monkeys pounding on 10,000 keyboards eventually writing the great American novel kind of thing?

I've heard that it's all in the dielectric when it comes to USB cabling.

And I'm with Darrell... specifics, please, about your system and relateds, such as computer, HD, file types, cabling, that stuff.

Quick and dirty, speakers are my design, amps include the Graaf Modena OTL (modified with easy bias access ports), Acoustic Reality Thaumaturges, a pair of my own design, the Preamls include a Music First Audio Copper Classic and the Music First Audio Reference (I have multiple systems). Mac Mini (2) and of course the Diverter HR connected to a MSB USBPower Dac. I have other amps etc. but I'm not interested in listing my inventory:)

Just offering some advice on a great USB cable.

Quick and dirty, speakers are my design, amps include the Graaf Modena OTL (modified with easy bias access ports), Acoustic Reality Thaumaturges, a pair of my own design, the Preamps include a Music First Audio Copper Classic and the Music First Audio Reference (I have multiple systems). Mac Mini (2) and of course the Diverter HR connected to a MSB USBPower Dac. I have other amps etc. but I'm not interested in listing my inventory:)

Just offering some advice on a great USB cable.

Sorry about the double post.

With all due respect Istanbulu, I'm not going into the file types and all that stuff. It's $.50 cents. Try it or don't...

I mean if a guy with $4k worth of USB cables and a Diverter HR tells me to try a fifty cent cable, unless I'm a CABLE MANUFACTURER trying to save face, I'm not going to waste my time trying to figure out if he ripped his files in aiff or wav format.... I'd take the fifty cent challenge.