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RE: 0.25M USB A and B Connector Need - Sonic Issues?

This is interesting. I needed a 1 foot USB cable to connect my DAC to my Audio PC. My original USB cable was 1.5m. After burning in the 1 foot USB cable, the sound was not right (thin and brittle). When I went back to the 1.5m cable all is well. Both cables had over 100 hours of use and the same materials and plugs. The sonic differences were real and repeatable with a few other listeners in agreement.

This phenomenon compares to the SPDIF coax argument of cable reflections for cable lengths less than 1.5m. Yet USB and SPDIF are different protocols. See link below.

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