cdacosta
Headphoneus Supremus
When I came home tonight I tried to find one of my nicer digital coax cables and did not. So I built one using Belden 1695A (75 ohm coax) with Eichmann Copper Bullet RCA plugs using Cardas Quad Eutectic solder. Installed it and using the Coax sounds the best when compared to USB and Toslink. The coax has the detail, PRAT and weight of presentation as the Unison USB without any minuses and way cleaner signal from my PC. No noise anywhere near my listening level, even if I was to crank it up. Thanks for all that have chimed in. This discussion is cool since I am sure many have a similar issue.
Oh one last thing I noticed. For the Modius I switched around USB cables for power that go to the supplied 5V charger. I used 4 in total that are all different with one of them coming with the unit. All sell for under $15. There were slight differences I noticed between them that effected the overall sonic presentation in one way or the other. All connections before installing/trying the cables cleaned with 91% rubbing alcohol. No contact enhancers used. Never unplugged the 5V power supply, just switched cables. The 5V power supply plugged into a medical grade line conditioner/isolator I modified.
Oh one last thing I noticed. For the Modius I switched around USB cables for power that go to the supplied 5V charger. I used 4 in total that are all different with one of them coming with the unit. All sell for under $15. There were slight differences I noticed between them that effected the overall sonic presentation in one way or the other. All connections before installing/trying the cables cleaned with 91% rubbing alcohol. No contact enhancers used. Never unplugged the 5V power supply, just switched cables. The 5V power supply plugged into a medical grade line conditioner/isolator I modified.