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RE: Synergistic Research USB Cable

USB is as robust as any other real-time digital interface, such as S/PDIF as far as data integrity. The terminations are not as good, but the data integrity seems fine, even with a 16 footer.

Like all cables used in this mode however, they are subject to skin-effect (for real), dispersion and dielectric absorption due to insulators and losses due to resistance. The more you minimize these, the better the cable will sound. If the USB interface is totally buffered and reclocked (such as my Pace-Car or the Wavelength Asynch interfaces), these affects will not matter so such an expensive cable is not necessary. For conventional USB interfaces that use adaptive mode, it does matter.

Steve N.

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