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I've heard the following USB cables in my system and I like the Purist Ultimate best. Are there any others I should try?
Purist Ultimate
Audience Au24SE
Wireworld Platinum Starlight 7
both Cardas USB cables
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For a cable that isn't supposed to make a difference, USB cables sure do have a lot of reviews and shoot-outs. Your Purist cable is positively mentioned along with some others in Positive Feedback #70.
Some folks like the Totaldac USB Cable or the CAD Cable.
Some things that might affect your choice of USB cable are whether you send power through the cable (I don't) and what periphials you use, such as the ifi stuff, Audioquest JitterBug, UpTone Audio USB REGEN, etc.
Has anyone heard the Light Harmonic Lightspeed USB cable?
I just switched to a Curious USB and it is great! There also many glowing reviews on Computer Audiophile.
Sablon Audio Corona Reserva is my USB for life.
There may be one floating around for trial in the US, ask Mark Coles,
The Artisan Silver Stream is , by some margin, the best USB cable I have heard.
In regard to Alan's comment in this thread about AQ Carbon USB I agree that it is a good cable. I have it here. the Artisan replaced it in my system. Once burned in the Artisan is not just an incremental improvement over the AQ but seems to relate to a different and higher league of performance altoghter.
Downsides? Far more expensive than the AQ Carbon (but great value in material terms) and it really does require burn in for the time stated in the instructions - 48 hours of real use. Long lengths (over 1M) are not technically feasible to manufacture. In addition as they are custom made to order you don't have a dealer who you can borrow one from to try (who does these days?). 30 day money back guarantee however. They are also a great company to deal with, in the person of Alister. Oh, the endorsements on their website are genuine.
NB: I have no relationship with them except as a satisfied customer.
Which other cables have you compared?
I can't say as I haven't heard the Purist Ultimate. Other USBs have all been from AQ. However I would echo one of the endorsements on the Artisan website. That is, when you hear it then comparisons with other cables will seem irrelevant as it offers a completely open window to the recording as best as one can judge.
Unsurprisingly this USB cable, using the same approach and materials, resembles exacty the performance of their top S/Pdif cables which I also use. In that case I have compared to Nordost Leif series and Kimber Select - again there is no contest. If you go to the Artisan endorsements for the top S/Pdif cable you will find one from me - Pete. My detailed comments on the USB version are the same.
Audioquest Carbon won a shootout at our audio club meeting
Alan
Do you remember which USB cables were in the shootout?
Thanks.
Joe
The Lightspeed 10g was tied for first and a $15 generic cable came in last. Sorry I don't remember the other cables
Alan
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