I have connected my media server directly to my Caiman II DAC with an A to B USB cable.
It is just a bog standard cable.
Will investing in a better cable make a difference, and if so what is a good cable at a sensible price point?
I have connected my media server directly to my Caiman II DAC with an A to B USB cable.
It is just a bog standard cable.
Will investing in a better cable make a difference, and if so what is a good cable at a sensible price point?
Kevin
Too busy enjoying the music....
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In my humble opinion... NO! If you can improve on “0’s & 1’s” then so be it!
Perhaps make them go faster (me thinks not), it’s digital not analogue.
Peter
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not noticed any obvious difference tbh but a nice cable often fits better and looks better too. that doesnt mean there are no differences just ive not noticed it.
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'Digital' cables vary in their effect on the sound. I make digital interconnects that improve on the sound presented compared to maybe 90% of other digital cables and are better than any optical cable I've used. Mine are RCA Phono singles for use with CD transport/player and DAC. If anybody doesn't believe an improvement is possible, they can try one!
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I'm Peter.
I don’t doubt that statement but does this also pertain to USB cables?
I only ask as I feel I have wasted a fair amount of money on Supra USB Cables (Although they are made to fairly high Quality). Sound-wise, not a jot of difference to the bog standard cheap cables.
Unless of course... this old git is deaf!!!
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i was referring to usb too
Regards,
Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse
I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work.... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -
Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?
“Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".
“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”
"You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”
“There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”
***SMILE, BE HAPPY***
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Buy the cheapest true 'USB Certified' cable you can find. Even most fancy USB cables aren't actually USB certified. Then you can be certain that it performs 100% to the USB specification.
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Gary,
A kind offer - one condition though. If it does not make a difference I can send it back to you?
Kevin
Too busy enjoying the music....
European loan coordinator for Graham Slee HiFi system components..