Popular Post davide256 Posted October 13, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted October 13, 2019 On 8/8/2019 at 2:56 PM, Ralf11 said: Please give the number of USB cables you tried out in your system, and list your DAC. Feel free to say whether you used a cable rental place, swapped with friends, or just bought several. Also if you have any galvanic isolation devices in your system (or know that your DAC includes this) please state which one, or none. I have a grab bag of USB cables that I have tried over time, with external asynch USB adaptors, different source devices in order of preference Lush 2 Wireworld Starlight Supra Pangea AG generic Differences are very obvious using my AQ Eagle Eye coax from USB adaptor to DAC, much less so with ordinary coax cables. Find it hard to believe anyone can't hear the differences unless downstream resolution is compromised. But everyone's had that experience where they grit their teeth as someone shows off a well intended but not so good system. Which is not to say USB cables add to the music.... rather poorer ones subtract information. PeterSt and Teresa 2 Regards, Dave Audio system Link to comment
davide256 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 20 hours ago, Ralf11 said: Let's stick to experiences with USB cables, mechanisms as to why they could degrade SQ, and whether a different interface may offer better SQ. Can't speak as to mechanisms, but my chain of improving asynch USB adapters over time was HiFace John Kenny MKIII iFi Nano Gustard U12 Schiit Eitr I've always found coax/toslink direct from source to be disappointing vs asynch USB, with the caveat that my budget doesn't encourage auditioning source gear over $2k AnotherSpin 1 Regards, Dave Audio system Link to comment
davide256 Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: Davide - I'm curious if you recall which cables you tried with which DACs? All with a Metrum Octave I DAC, which I've only recently been able to find any fault with... Euphony and a JS-2 power supply has pushed it to its limits. Regards, Dave Audio system Link to comment
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