Sharing this and YMMV... I purchased a few of the Chinesium ODIN Gold cables from one of the vendors mentioned as being reputable: "audioConnector Store". I bought a power cable, 1.5m USB cable, and 1m XLR cable (pair). The stuff showed up fine.The USB cable is giving me problems, a problem I can recreate upon demand. When inserted into the system, every so often (multiple times within a song) there is a dropout of maybe 1/2 second. I've swapped back and forth with an El Cheapo Diablo printer USB cable and I can repeat it every time. The El Cheapo Diablo printer cable has zero issues.
System:
MacBook Pro connected to Ayre QB-9 Twenty DAC --> Ayre KX-5 Twenty Preamp --> Ayre VX-5 Twenty Amp... Playing: Tidal streaming direct, Roon streaming Tidal, J-River playing media directly, Pandora... anything. The issue happens whether streaming or playing media directly, and it happens every time.. It does not happen when El Cheapo Diablo printer cable is put back in.By the way, the same problem was recreated on another DAC... it's the cable.
The Chinesium "ODIN Gold USB 2.0 A to USB B Nordost ODIN gold USB" from audioConnector Store is going in the trash.
YMMV.
Here is a link to the cable that I had issues with. 1.5M length:
Edits: 12/09/22 12/09/22 12/11/22 12/11/22 12/11/22
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Topic - PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - jmimac351 17:41:56 12/09/22 (29)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Tuckers 21:50:22 12/14/22 (0)
- Stop buying cheap Chinese crap - Mike K 09:35:46 12/10/22 (1)
- Bless your heart - jmimac351 10:01:35 12/10/22 (0)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - ejk 00:53:37 12/10/22 (6)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Mick Wolfe 12:12:40 12/12/22 (1)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Mick Wolfe 09:47:53 12/17/22 (0)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - ejk 03:56:28 12/10/22 (3)
- Those Are Locking RCA's - Jonesy 20:52:41 12/10/22 (1)
- RE: Those Are Locking RCA's - ejk 10:17:51 12/17/22 (0)
- Interesting - Joe Appierto 04:19:33 12/10/22 (0)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - kkak66 19:29:06 12/09/22 (18)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 11:43:41 12/10/22 (17)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Dantheman 22:21:46 12/21/22 (16)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 23:19:26 12/21/22 (15)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Dantheman 15:00:11 12/22/22 (12)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 08:10:31 12/23/22 (11)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Dantheman 12:18:00 12/23/22 (10)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 14:00:16 12/23/22 (9)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Dantheman 19:04:57 12/23/22 (8)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 08:53:02 12/24/22 (7)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Dantheman 09:42:22 01/14/23 (6)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 12:31:57 02/07/23 (4)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Dantheman 12:32:22 02/26/23 (3)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 13:52:43 02/26/23 (2)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - Dantheman 17:35:39 02/26/23 (1)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 18:31:51 02/26/23 (0)
- RE: PSA: Chinese Odin Gold USB Cable Problem - el34eh@yahoo.com 06:44:53 01/15/23 (0)
- Think he means this one - Joe Appierto 02:04:27 12/22/22 (1)
- RE: Think he means this one - Dantheman 09:53:15 12/22/22 (0)