But think of the audio horizons that would open for you!
-
WANTED: Happy members who like to discuss audio and other topics related to our interest. Desire to learn and share knowledge of science required. There are many reviews of audio hardware and expert members to help answer your questions. Click here to have your audio equipment measured for free!
Audioquest Pearl USB Cable Review
- Thread starter amirm
- Start date
diaolodoro
Member
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2022
- Messages
- 33
- Likes
- 72
I had so many broken micro and mini usbs over the years. If a company made a really nice and very durable cable at that price, I'd probably buy it. (at least in the past)
Now I refuse to buy micro usb devices any more. Even the cheapest usb-c feels better than the most expensive micro usb.
I also wonder if these new usb-c cables with internal chips can affect the sound somehow, but to my ears they sound fine.
Now I refuse to buy micro usb devices any more. Even the cheapest usb-c feels better than the most expensive micro usb.
I also wonder if these new usb-c cables with internal chips can affect the sound somehow, but to my ears they sound fine.
I had those too
. I need to find a photo of them but they also had strain relieving springs where the connector and wire meet.Their “Megacable” used PVC jackets so the outer layer has turned a bit green but they were having their speaker wire made in the USA.
Even running the distance of the entire spool, the resistance is below the threshold of detection of a basic multimeter.
Attachments
Orion76
Member
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2021
- Messages
- 51
- Likes
- 83
Short cables make sense when possible. This was even tested here at ASR-
Do USB Audio Cables Make A Difference?
Aftermarket USB cables seem to be all the rage with people paying as much as $15,000 for a short run of it!!! Lots of subjective performance reports are out there but none back with any objective measurements that demonstrates any difference. On the other side of the fence many believe there...
www.audiosciencereview.com
If someone made a line of cables immune to a cat biting through them, I'd definitely pay extra for that.
I've lost count of the number of headphone, mouse, USB and other cables that were irresistible to my cats.
A few recently victimized:
AudioSceptic
Major Contributor
Yes, you need the "Full Loom" to get the full benefit of these exotic cables. <http://www.cardas.com/cables.php>
I just found this at <https://hifiplus.com/articles/cardas-audio-clear-beyond-interconnects/>
What does that tell us? That anyone spending this much on a cable is, and should be, too ashamed to admit this to their partner, who of course is too sensible to be taken in by this obvious nonsense?
"The good news – for those of us under the watchful eye of a domestic Sauron – is Clear Beyond and Clear look almost identical. Beyond has a diameter about 1.25mm thicker and it has the word ‘Beyond’ emblazoned on the side, but if you are looking for stealth interconnect upgrades from Clear (or even Clear Light), Clear Beyond sails in unnoticed. I know this sounds trivial in the extreme, but it’s one of the most common – if hushed – questions we get asked at shows: “what can I buy that the Other Half won’t notice?”
Deceptive shill marketing coupled with a deceptive home life. What could possibly go wrong?
Deceptive shill marketing coupled with a deceptive home life. What could possibly go wrong?
Truth In Advertising
"When consumers see or hear an advertisement, whether it’s on the Internet, radio or television, or anywhere else, federal law says that ad must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence.
The FTC looks especially closely at advertising claims that can affect consumers’ health or their pocketbooks – claims about food, over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements, alcohol, and tobacco and on conduct related to high-tech products and the Internet."
In the review, @amirm included a copy of the manufacturer's specific claims about performance of the product, in particular about "reduced distortion" and "smoother and clearer sound." Measurements clearly show these claims cannot be true. The manufacturer is an American company that conducts business in the US and abroad, and has been making similar claims for years. So this case should be referred to the FTC for enforcement of the Act.
"When consumers see or hear an advertisement, whether it’s on the Internet, radio or television, or anywhere else, federal law says that ad must be truthful, not misleading, and, when appropriate, backed by scientific evidence.
The FTC looks especially closely at advertising claims that can affect consumers’ health or their pocketbooks – claims about food, over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements, alcohol, and tobacco and on conduct related to high-tech products and the Internet."
In the review, @amirm included a copy of the manufacturer's specific claims about performance of the product, in particular about "reduced distortion" and "smoother and clearer sound." Measurements clearly show these claims cannot be true. The manufacturer is an American company that conducts business in the US and abroad, and has been making similar claims for years. So this case should be referred to the FTC for enforcement of the Act.
AudioSceptic
Major Contributor
Your cats could make a nice living working for a cable company, cutting cables off the drum to the required lengths.
Zensō
Major Contributor
It’s a mystery to me how companies like AudioQuest and their ilk are allowed to remain in business. What they do is a type of fraud. Even more puzzling is how they seem to believe their own claims.
AudioSceptic
Major Contributor
Fools or rogues?
Technical question for ubernerds - if USB 3.0 was an analog audio format, what frequency range would it encompass at what bit depth?
AudioSceptic
Major Contributor
You mean digital audio? USB 3.0 is specified at 5 Gb/s and 3.1 at 10 Gb/s. In practice, you probably can't get more that ½ of those, so let's say that 3.0 can support any combination of sample rate and bit depth up to 2.5 Gb/s and 3.1 up to 5 Gb/s. You get insanely large numbers, hundreds or thousands of times greater than any audio bandwidth, assuming a single stream.
Definitely a rip off although at first blush not as much so as the Nordost Tyr 2 cable. But only at first blush once you realize that it costs at least four times as much as Amazon's every bit as good cable AND that this particular cable is Audioquests "Entry Level" USB. So, basicaly. it's a way to lure naive would be audiophiles into paying four times as much as they need for something that will provide perfect functionality for its intended use. Then, once those selfsame audiophiles realize how good the functionality is. they will be far more likely to "step up" to the more exhorbitantly priced gold or diamond level cables which are where the true profits lie for Audioquest and its dealers.
So, costs four times as much as a pluperfectly functional generic cable, and also a gateway drug to the snake oil underbelly of the audiophile marketplace.
So, costs four times as much as a pluperfectly functional generic cable, and also a gateway drug to the snake oil underbelly of the audiophile marketplace.
Last edited:
They remain in business becuase they are meeting the need for a market. If there were no buyers, there would be nothing to sell (at least in a "free" market economy.
Instead of attacking the AQ (while it is hard), you should be focusing your attention at consumers. Which is exactly what Amir does in trying to educate here.
PT Barnum said it so well "There's a sucker born every minute"
I guess my question didn't make sense. But assuming it is a digital audio stream, and let's cap the bit depth at 64 bits. What is the maximum sample rate you could get?
Grooved
Addicted to Fun and Learning
- Joined
- Feb 26, 2021
- Messages
- 679
- Likes
- 441
Because of the claims, that are just a big lie
So called audio journalism. So corrupt it's laughable.
Similar threads
- Poll
- Poll
- Poll