In Reply to: Re: You know the "tweak" gurus will glom onto PC Audio.... posted by John Swenson on November 10, 2005 at 13:41:11:
OK, I want to believe that one USB cable can sound better than another, but I think there is a little more to it than this.First, USB cables cannot "sound" different...they either allow the data to pass through error-free or they do not.
An error-prone USB cable would probably also do things like not print your documents properly, or cause bad data to be pulled off your external hard drive.
I am fairly certain that such cables exist, but they are probably the exception (a chair ran over it, or the cat chewed on it, or the connector is damaged, or something like that).
If you truly are hearing a difference between USB cables, it probably means your DAC or USB Converter is WAY too sensitive to the incoming signal and should be replaced immediately.
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- Re: You know the "tweak" gurus will glom onto PC Audio.... - Scrith 16:35:48 11/10/05 (8)
- USB audio spec and jitter - John Swenson 14:51:46 11/11/05 (1)
- Creative Audigy 2 NX - audioengr 13:47:46 11/12/05 (0)
- Interference - The Sound Guy 21:55:48 11/10/05 (0)
- USB Cables - jbmcb 20:17:53 11/10/05 (4)
- Re: USB Cables - fmak 21:51:44 11/10/05 (3)
- Different argument - jbmcb 05:26:36 11/11/05 (2)
- Re: Different argument - fmak 12:36:48 11/11/05 (1)
- Re: Different argument - jbmcb 21:19:35 11/11/05 (0)