[ilovesocks]

Are there any Firewire cables out there that are reputedly better than, say, the generic one that came with my Audiophile? Would there be any point to my getting an aftermarket one from Belkin (not Monster

) or the like?

Thanks for any suggestions/opinions!

 

[IronLion]

Revelation Audio labs makes a silver firewire cable that you can look at here: http://www.revelationaudiolabs.com/c...ital/index.htm. I have no experience with this company at all, so I can't recommend it, I'm just familiar with them as I was looking at one of their powercords at one point. Their firewire cable starts at $250, and for that price I'd hope it would do something better than a stock cable, but I doubt it would be anything really noticeable. I would bet for that money you could add something to your system that would make a more noticeable difference.

 

[riffer]

You might want to try QVS cables. I use them for all my critical stuff - SCSI, USB, Firewire.

I have a Monster USB cable that is pretty good, that I use to my DAC, but I haven't tried their Firewire cables.

 

[ilovesocks]

Quote:

Originally Posted by IronLion Revelation Audio labs makes a silver firewire cable that you can look at here: http://www.revelationaudiolabs.com/c...ital/index.htm. I have no experience with this company at all, so I can't recommend it, I'm just familiar with them as I was looking at one of their powercords at one point. Their firewire cable starts at $250, and for that price I'd hope it would do something better than a stock cable, but I doubt it would be anything really noticeable. I would bet for that money you could add something to your system that would make a more noticeable difference.

I agree - and that's definitely out of my price range. I think I'll try a QVS cable. Thanks Lion and Riffer!

 

[Nospam]

$250 for a Firewire cable?

I got a FW800 to FW400 cable from these guys, for use with my RAID 5 array:
http://www.cablesforless.com/index.a...S&Category=440

Triple-shielded, good-quality contruction, what more do you want?

If you want more bells and whistles, check out these cables:
http://granitedigital.com/catalog/pg...wirecables.htm

Never used them, because I'm a cheap person (and I'm not convinced it matters), but I've read good things about the company.

 

[jpr703]

I bought a generic one from newegg for just a few bucks. I just use it to transfer data to my iPod and I'm sure it does just as good a job as any other cable.