Which Firewall cable

I use one of the Ultra Fi Firewire cables - their Basque. Really nice improvement.

People need to speak from experience rather than speculation in order to be helpful to the original poster. That happens way too much in this hobby.

Enjoy!

Twc_cableguy
I use one of the Ultra Fi Firewire cables - their Basque. Really nice improvement.

People need to speak from experience rather than speculation in order to be helpful to the original poster. That happens way too much in this hobby.

I had the same experience but with Audioquest.

I ran the Audioquest Diamond FireWire between Oyen Digital housing (twin 4 TB Hitachi Deskstar drives) to Mac Mini. In my system the Audioquest was worth the price, perhaps not in another situation.

The one way that occurs to me by which a benefit might result from upgrading a non-defective firewire cable that is used to connect an external drive to a computer, assuming the cable is not unusually long, is that the higher quality shielding provided by the upgraded cable may eliminate sonic issues that might be caused by radiation of RFI from the cable to other parts of the system. That kind of effect can be expected, of course, to be highly system and setup dependent.

I suspect that the triple-shielded Granite Digital firewire cable I suggested earlier would be likely to provide that particular benefit as effectively as any of the much more expensive audiophile-oriented cables.

Regards,
-- Al

Almarg
I suspect that the triple-shielded Granite Digital FireWire cable I suggested earlier would be likely to provide that particular benefit as effectively as any of the much more expensive audiophile-oriented cables.

I should try the Granite cable then, when I bought the Audioquest a couple of years ago it was the only one I was aware of beyond various stock types.

If the Granite is cheaper and as good I'm interested. I mostly use Purist cable and love them but they do not make a FireWire.

When it comes to digital cables I do believe in a good quality construction of cables but I have not personal experienced any audio advantages to FireWire, USB, Toslink or Digital Coax unlike my experiences with analog interconnects, speaker cables and power cables. I will spend reasonable money for me ($50 to $200?) on cables but not extravagant amounts for me and my budget.