A computer is a good source. The interface it provides gives a lot of control over what can be done. HDMI or S/PDIF provides the option to output to a superior A/V receiver. Using USB as an intermediate only decreases the bandwidth capabilities of the digital data. Its DC power source is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tgun5 After 100 or so hours of burn-in time, I am now prepared to give some impressions on the new Wireworld Ultraviolet USB cable . If you are one that doesn’t believe in equipment or cable burn-in, you might as well just stop here, for I’m not looking for an...

Watch the video a second time and replace "ghosts" with "audiophile grade usb cable". Then you have this thread in a nutshell.

Quote: Originally Posted by leeperry well, what about triboelectric effects? this one filters them at least : Axis USB Cable Halted sells that sleeving, shrink tubing, and connectors. Want me to build that cable for $5?

There's a lot of stupid people out there. Scientology, Flat Earth Society, this thread, etc. It's no joke.

Quote: Originally Posted by rds This is the downside to a forum where the majority are very polite and reserved, and the mods are extremely lenient. Yeah, agreeing with engineers is so rude to the people who promote hearsay. Wait no, it's broader than that, disagreeing with...

I feel like I'm in the flat earth society forum. Hey guys: science and facts. No! Lies! Troll! Wrong! Opinion! Next! Crazy? NO U Uneducated. Ignoring you now Sad. Get out.

You think sparkle-shiney cables are better? Typical American consumer going for the bling. At fleamarkets I can get these for 50 cents. USB cables are worthless to me, I have access to so many cheap resources. I live in Silicon Valley surrounded by electronics, there's always a place to pick up...

Quote: Originally Posted by leeperry I paid 10 bucks for this cable and I didn't hear any difference from my previous shielded cable w/ ferrite $10 for a USB cable is a fine price. Not everyone has easy access to less expensive ones. But they're practically free if grandma needs...

Scientology has tons of positive testimonials. So do commercials and "blogs" for ab-lounge, enzyte, and bloussant. If you believe I'm an idiot for disbelieving these things, then I can only pity your two digit IQ limitation. But believe it or not, people actually make do-nothing products to get...

I've figured it out! It's all been innuendo! The cables are actually a front for a drug ring. They're so expensive because they're actually paying for "something else" to be in that shipping package. They're trying to keep this secrecy going, don't spoil their means of obtaining drugs! How could...

So yeah guys, f = 1/t. If t is 5.2ns per meter, then for a 1m cable you'd need a 200 MHz oscilloscope to view the function it generates. If you were educated and knew about he metric system then you'd know 5.2ns is 5.2e-9, the inverse of that is 198M. You'd need a 630+ MHz scope for 1ft cables...

If I had a 200 MHz oscilloscope I'd make a nice pop up book for you folk showing how USB would work just fine with any cable. Of course you guys can afford such equipment, but no, you spend it on bling cables for DIGITAL transfer. I really need to get into the cable business. Churn them out...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tgun5 I don't let my ignorance stand in the way of trying something new. Am I the only one who fell out of my chair? The 1800's didn't have fancied USB cables. They had do-it-all tonics. Cured baldness, obesity, blindness, deafness, sore throats...

Quote: Originally Posted by Currawong If you want to complain about semantics, though, consider every person that writes about "hearing" equipment, which is technically wrong as well, as you "hear" the sound equipment produces, not the equipment itself. It had nothing to do with...