leeperry
Galvanically isolated his brain
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Very nice: http://soundapproach.com/wireworldultraviolet5squaredusbdigitalatobusbaudio-p-1496.html
Thanks for the link! but shipping to Europe is $99...I'll try to see if a friend could hook me up.
It seems that the real world added value of this cable is about:
-SPC, w/ its good and bad sides(skin effect, grossly overpriced)
-24AWG, even though most manufacturers use a smaller gauge(28AWG) for the power lines in order to minimize interferences
-one sided ground, so the cable shielding ground isn't shared between the 2 sides...possibly a m00t point when using an isolator?
I'm skeptic...but if I can get one for the price of that US site, I'll bite.
I've compared a few cables, the SQ difference between a cheapo 1m and my usual cable(24/28AWG, gold plated, 5ft, ferrite on the device side) is pretty drastic:
Just like they advertize for the WW, the sound is noticeably clearer and less harsh...this cable is a fiver on ebay, made by a big chinese OEM(Hongyan). The markup on the WW is ridiculous..at least when I buy isolators I'm buying a circuit, not some copper wires w/ a fancy purple jacket.
Still, I've read a USB cables comparison(w/ loudspeakers) on a local forum, it seems that the differences were very very small...yet, the WW Starlight was said to sound clearer than the others.
Thanks for the link! but shipping to Europe is $99...I'll try to see if a friend could hook me up.
It seems that the real world added value of this cable is about:
-SPC, w/ its good and bad sides(skin effect, grossly overpriced)
-24AWG, even though most manufacturers use a smaller gauge(28AWG) for the power lines in order to minimize interferences
-one sided ground, so the cable shielding ground isn't shared between the 2 sides...possibly a m00t point when using an isolator?
I'm skeptic...but if I can get one for the price of that US site, I'll bite.
I've compared a few cables, the SQ difference between a cheapo 1m and my usual cable(24/28AWG, gold plated, 5ft, ferrite on the device side) is pretty drastic:
Just like they advertize for the WW, the sound is noticeably clearer and less harsh...this cable is a fiver on ebay, made by a big chinese OEM(Hongyan). The markup on the WW is ridiculous..at least when I buy isolators I'm buying a circuit, not some copper wires w/ a fancy purple jacket.
Still, I've read a USB cables comparison(w/ loudspeakers) on a local forum, it seems that the differences were very very small...yet, the WW Starlight was said to sound clearer than the others.