USB cable advise!

Try the Chord Silver Plus USB (i think it's now called the C -USB) 

Nordost Heimdall 2.. fast and crisp with a lot of details.. My best upgrade. I find it works particularly well with my Chord dac

Very difficult to translate descriptions of music replay as everyone hears and describes things differently.

So, If able to,  source from a shop ( there are few online stores) that lets you return the cable if not satisfied.  I would add Wireworld  and Audioquest to the list.

A snug fit of the connectors is as important as any of the approcaches (I.e. shielding, silver coating, purity of copper, no 5v etc etc) taken by different brands to produce an ‘audiophile’ USB cable.

M37 posted:

Nordost Heimdall 2.. fast and crisp with a lot of details.. My best upgrade. I find it works particularly well with my Chord dac

ok...I've got the full red dawn range for the rest (power, interC and speaker) but I'm trying NACA5 next week as nordost has good harmonics but too much seem to kill attack and crispness. I've got purple flare as usb but I don't like that much as it reduces micro information a little compared to "standard"!

james n posted:

Try the Chord Silver Plus USB (i think it's now called the C -USB) 

thing is I need usb to mini usb connector unfortunately

Jude2012 posted:

Very difficult to translate descriptions of music replay as everyone hears and describes things differently.

So, If able to,  source from a shop ( there are few online stores) that lets you return the cable if not satisfied.  I would add Wireworld  and Audioquest to the list.

A snug fit of the connectors is as important as any of the approcaches (I.e. shielding, silver coating, purity of copper, no 5v etc etc) taken by different brands to produce an ‘audiophile’ USB cable.

how is wireworld / audioquest sound??

I tried a number of USB cables back 2013 ( the post is on the forum). There are others brands on the scene now too.

I choose the Wireworld Starlight 7. It was between this and the Audioquest Carbon.  To my ears,  my system, and my listening room - the Wireworld hit the spot. 

Audioquest has a reputation of being ‘neutral’, as I said though, this means nothing until you test any cable out in your actual set up.

Some folk are happy with using cables that come with a printer and the like.

The Vertere D-Fi cable (their least expensive line) is very, very good.  Don't know if you can get it with mini-USB, though.

Jude2012 posted:

I tried a number of USB cables back 2013 ( the post is on the forum). There are others brands on the scene now too.

I choose the Wireworld Starlight 7. It was between this and the Audioquest Carbon.  To my ears,  my system, and my listening room - the Wireworld hit the spot. 

Audioquest has a reputation of being ‘neutral’, as I said though, this means nothing until you test any cable out in your actual set up.

Some folk are happy with using cables that come with a printer and the like.

 

I was reading differents reviews on the wireworld and they all say it has that "rounded" warm midrange which I do not prefer.....I'm looking for a "drier" sound...maybe the carbon????

I use Analysis Plus Purple Plus USB cable, for my ears it is neutral and musical, I enjoy having it in my system more than any Audioquest USB cable I have tried. 

I use Curious Cables between the Intona and Chord Hugo and I find it better than the cable that Chord provides. I don't think the kind of USB cable between my laptop and the Intona would make any difference.

I’ve tried numerous different brands and countless generic printers usb and they all sound different.. so it can be tiresome 

Nordost was best to my liking suiting my system and room. Nordost Blue heaven is fast but a little thin.

Chord Signature came close. Very detailed with more low end comparing to Nordost.

Shunyata also sounded good, perhaps a little dry and impossible to route.

TQ Silver is highly praised among hifi critics so perhaps have listen to TQ? And there’s also Oyaide.