USB printer cable VS USB audiophile grade cable?

Hi Al,

I think we are getting somewhere. The overall resistance of the individual cables composing the Furutech USB should far less than the printer cable which are probably run of the mill copper cables with high impurity levels.

The Furutech cables are silver plated OCC conductors for minimal resistance and connectors are 24K gold plated. They also have 3 layer shield construction. They aslo use special damping and isolation materials for best frequency extension and tonal balance.

I'm with you on the pricing aspect of the audiophile grade USB cable pricing. For me, manufacturing a decent USB data cable is somewhat less challenging than building a good quality XLR interconect cable in the analog domain. While I have invested some decent money on my XLR interconnects ($2K), I was not ready to put more than a few hundred bucks on an audiophile grade USB.

I've been using Furutech products (wall plates, connectors, cable,etc.) for a few years with great satisfaction and was surprisingly pleased with my recent USB cable purchase.

Digital audio was less than perfect when it started in the 80's but have come along way since then. It is so convenient to change CDs directly from my seat using Jriver's JRemote. Cymbals are just starting to sound rigth :-)

Al,

Excellent post!

There certainly is *not* a direct correlation between price and performance
and I also concur that USB cables may not produce the same results from
system to system. That said, there are a few well-designed USB cables out
there that mange to intelligently address some of the challenges you cite
and, as a rule, these cables perform better than stock USB cables and
more consistently so when it comes to delivering music files.

Nonetheless, the wide variety of computer systems and the noise they
create does pose a significant challenge to designers of the USB interface.

for me furutech did not work out,it just sounded exaggerated,enhanced bass, recessed midrange,fatiguing highs.Printer cable really had variuos noise issues.I made usb cable from flat red copper "tasker" cable.And it works fine

Extravaganza,

Excuse my question, since English is not my first language, but what is a red flat tasker cable? Where can you purchase such cable? What is the dielectric used in your cable and which USB connector brand did you use to build your cable? Just curious...

tasker
Cable company from Italy.I bought from diy shop this cable and connectors