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I would greatly appreciate any help with A cable issue particularly with the Meitner MA1. Wasn’t sure the best forum spot to put this but it seems most reasonable here. I was considering changing to a DCS Bartok but ultimately decided my money would be a bit better spent upgrading to V2. I presently run an Aurender S10 through an AQ Diamond USB to Berkeley Alpha USB with a Nordost Heimdall 2 digital AES to the Meitner. Separately from this, I have a Sonore Ultra Rendu with Uptone power supply that feeds Roon via Wireworld platinum Starlight USB cable to the MA1. I just got a very nice deal on Tara Labs 0.8 digital AES cable from show demo in an effort to upgrade the AES cable but after talking to Amadeus Meitner yesterday, he thought by far the best sound would come from using USB with the new galvanic isolation in the V2 upgrade. So I have an opened that cable, and clearly can sell it secondhand, but wanted peoples opinions. Ive heard others say no matter how good the USB implementation on a DAC is, that the Alpha USB will really improve sound. So I’m kind of looking for some guidance here. I could run the Aurender straight into the Meitner by USB, and then run the Sonore through the Alpha USB? If the new V2 USB electrical isolation is that much better, I could actually ditch the Sonore altogether (I was mostly using it to feed DSD files to Meitner as my Aurender set up will not permit that with the Berkeley alpha USB in that chain. I realize there is no “correct“ answer, just looking for thoughts from you guys. I appreciate everyone’s help

Hi All, According to user manual, Berkeley highly recommends using 1.5 meter length cables for both USB and AES connections. However I really have no extra space in equipment rack to run such lengthy cables without folding them into loops. So what is better for RF noise isolation - 1.5 meter cables folded into loops or short 0.5 meter cables without any loops?