I want to connect a Dac to my PC. Can you recomend a decent USB cable?
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 08:02 PM
USB 2.0 or USB 3.0?
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 08:14 PM
The uDAC comes with a generic USB A to B cable. I've not needed to upgrade the bundled cable, to be honest. It'd be silly using one that costs more than the DAC 
NuForce does build the Impulse USB cables which are pretty well made. But I think it might make sense if you were using their HDP DAC.
NuForce does build the Impulse USB cables which are pretty well made. But I think it might make sense if you were using their HDP DAC.
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 09:28 PM
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Posted 05 March 2012 - 11:20 PM
I use this one and pretty happy with it:
http://www.wireworld...roducts/57.html
Oh! They've got a nice new USB 3.0 cable out.
http://www.wireworld...light_usb3.html
Give me ambiguity or give me something else.
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 06:59 AM
The handmade split-wire USB cable for AB Systems looks good for the money too. Wouldn't mind trying it some day for the sake of $50.
http://www.ebay.com....M-/250967073979
http://www.ebay.com....M-/250967073979
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 09:35 AM
The uDAC comes with a generic USB A to B cable. I've not needed to upgrade the bundled cable, to be honest. It'd be silly using one that costs more than the DAC
NuForce does build the Impulse USB cables which are pretty well made. But I think it might make sense if you were using their HDP DAC.
Thanks for that mate
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 10:21 AM
If you ever upgrade the DAC here are some recommendations.
Ard 100-200 bucks: Kimber
Ard 1000 bucks: Crystal
Ard 2000 bucks: Locus Nucleus
Ard 4000 bucks: Locus Cynosure
The last two are no longer in production but there might still be existing inventory.
Is there a difference? At a recent shootout, not blind but members were asked to choose while we swapped cables, but not told which was which, the Cynosure was better but no one wanted to pay for it once they knew the price.
You would get far better mileage with software players. Try Jplay on the PC in hibernate mode. There's a trial so you might want to test before buying.
None of these cables are USB3.0 compliant. But you wouldn't need it for audio DAC transmission. The only USB3.0 DAC I know of is the Blacknote 30 and even that doesn't need the 3.0 bandwidth.
Ard 100-200 bucks: Kimber
Ard 1000 bucks: Crystal
Ard 2000 bucks: Locus Nucleus
Ard 4000 bucks: Locus Cynosure
The last two are no longer in production but there might still be existing inventory.
Is there a difference? At a recent shootout, not blind but members were asked to choose while we swapped cables, but not told which was which, the Cynosure was better but no one wanted to pay for it once they knew the price.
You would get far better mileage with software players. Try Jplay on the PC in hibernate mode. There's a trial so you might want to test before buying.
None of these cables are USB3.0 compliant. But you wouldn't need it for audio DAC transmission. The only USB3.0 DAC I know of is the Blacknote 30 and even that doesn't need the 3.0 bandwidth.
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Posted 06 March 2012 - 10:55 AM
I want to connect a Dac to my PC. Can you recomend a decent USB cable?
What defines a "decent" cable and/or a "not decent" one other than price maybe?
