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Do USB Audio Cables Make A Difference?

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Ok.

I'll play.

Give me a solution for less than the $18.97 or so I spent and requires no more effort than to plug in both ends and hasn't required any further fiddling around since then (four years ago).
 
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I don't know your architecture.

For this application, the architectural features of interest are USB Type A at PC to USB Type B at DAC

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Exhaustive research has proven to me that USB cables do indeed make a dramatic difference in the sound. When I pull the cable, the sound goes away. It comes back when I reinsert the cable.
 

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Exhaustive research has proven to me that USB cables do indeed make a dramatic difference in the sound. When I pull the cable, the sound goes away. It comes back when I reinsert the cable.
You should publish these groundbreaking findings...
 

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Had the question if these cables provide full grounding isolation? Reading the link I understand they do not transfer any power except internally for self-powering at both ends, but couldn't determine if the ground remains totally isolated? (ground loops).

If ground is isolated, is it still ground?
 

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Exhaustive research has proven to me that USB cables do indeed make a dramatic difference in the sound. When I pull the cable, the sound goes away. It comes back when I reinsert the cable.
Yep, might be worth a AES White paper, tan might do in this case.

If ground is isolated, is it still ground?
Hummm, sounds like a job for The Scrutinizer!
 

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Having served in the past on the editorial team for a peer-reviewed (IEEE JSSC) magazine and seeing the posts above... No comment.
 

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Had the question if these cables provide full grounding isolation? Reading the link I understand they do not transfer any power except internally for self-powering at both ends, but couldn't determine if the ground remains totally isolated? (ground loops).

what are you talking about ground l00ps for, it uses frickin lasers, man!!

 
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