That was all I was referring to. If I was understanding that correctly at first you were of the mind that a USB cable is a USB cable. It just seemed odd that you were now reviewing USB cables and it seems no longer feeling the way your thread started. People are allowed to change their minds, no harm no foul. Not to mention that cable you reviewed isn't that expensive. I guess I was just surprised that you felt a USB cable was review worthy.
That was all I was referring to. If I was understanding that correctly at first you were of the mind that a USB cable is a USB cable. It just seemed odd that you were now reviewing USB cables and it seems no longer feeling the way your thread started. People are allowed to change their minds, no harm no foul.
I have not changed my mind, that statement still holds true, just more refined now in terms of how well the signal gets through and without RF/EMI interference, impedance variance, etc. = a more pure signal.
Doing the above well is all that matters and the sad truth is that some of the super-expensive 'audiophile' USB cables don't.
I have not changed my mind, that statement still holds true, just more refined now in terms of how well the signal gets through and without RF/EMI interference, impedance variance, etc.
I have the Curious USB and I like it for the large soundstage, pinpoint imaging, and natural tonality. I compared it to the Nordost Heimdall. For my preferences, the Curious USB was much better and it wasn’t difficult to hear the difference.
In a very specific situation a group of us have all used the exact same configuration of the Sony TA-ZH1ES headphone amp being connected to the Sony Cradle holding a Walkman 1Z or 1A as a digital source. Note photograph.
In that particular situation the AQCarbon seems to add a quality. If it’s from EMI shielding or silver used who knows? But in that regard it seems to work. There is obviously group confirmation bias so that needs to be taken into account. If the AQCarbon also makes a difference in simply hooking up a computer to a DAC; I don’t know?
It was just funny to have a member who actually owns an AQForrest USB end up coming on here and slamming the AQ cables? Maybe there is better? AudioQuest makes a Diamond cable too which is above the Carbon and I know of one member who loves his. There is also an on-line comparison where the reviewer thought he could hear a difference between the Diamond and Carbon in use. In our situation the shortest foot length is the way to go as they make 5 foot and longer too. But you want normally as short as you can get away with. This is typical thought and even companies will recommended using as short as needed even though they make more money selling longer cables.
I have the Curious USB and I like it for the large soundstage, pinpoint imaging, and natural tonality. I compared it to the Nordost Heimdall. For my preferences, the Curious USB was much better and it wasn’t difficult to hear the difference.
Just once I decided to try a $900 cable for the fun of it and because someone offered it to me for $200 on eBay and I knew I could get my money back by reselling it. It's the only cable I've had that I couldn't get to work.
I can hear difference on my headphone rig when switching from the AQ Cinnamon and the AQ Carbon. I don’t hear as much of a difference between the Carbon and the Curious cables, it’s very slight. I don’t know if I could distinguish between the two in blind testing.
I have the Curious USB and I like it for the large soundstage, pinpoint imaging, and natural tonality. I compared it to the Nordost Heimdall. For my preferences, the Curious USB was much better and it wasn’t difficult to hear the difference.
I don't know. I have kimber kable's entry usb and a kimber select copper KSUSB-CU $1500 usb and I can't tell a difference. I mean the expensive one looks pretty with the wood ends and all.
I started off with an AudioQuest Carbon. Bought the Curious Evolved USB cable and it was very very good. pinpoint imaging, clear highs. a little bit aggressive in the upper registry sometimes. I now have the Phasure Lush^2 USB cable and it is better than the Curious in that it sounds smoother and effortless, with punchy (maybe slightly thick) bass and just gorgeous mids. I have not yet tried any other jumper config on the Lush^2 cable other than the stock config it was delivered in. I just received the Mad Scientist Black Magic usb cable but have not had the chance to try it out yet.
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