I'm considering a major investment: a USB cable

[wgscott]

Is this one worth the price? ($7.38 + tax + free shipping).

Will it lift veils and that kind of thing?

 

[amirm]

Belkin Gold is what I buy in the odd occasion where I am out of so many free ones that have come with my gear.

 

[Thomas savage]

i have to get a usb cable so i can put my laptop through my DAC (firstly for room measurement exercise), really is there no point in getting one that's a little more expensive?

 

[wgscott]

If I bought a foofy USB cable, I would get the shit beat out of me at work (and rightfully so).

 

[Blumlein 88]

Veils will lift 40x faster (vs USB 1.1).

 

[wgscott]

Maybe I should get an Amazon basics one too, and invite all the local fat 60+ year old bald guys with golden hearing over for an auditioning shoot-out.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Don't forget monoprice. You should get one of their longest extenders to go up against Belkin and Amazon's offerings in the shootout.

 

[Thomas savage]

Maybe I should get an Amazon basics one too, and invite all the local fat 60+ year old bald guys with golden hearing over for an auditioning shoot-out.

good idea, if there is more than 4 of you better be prepared and have a defibrillator at the ready

 

[wgscott]

Would it sound better if I got the one with timbre wolves on it?

 

[Blumlein 88]

Might suffer from a slight howl and growl coloration.

 

[Mivera]

Maybe I should get an Amazon basics one too, and invite all the local fat 60+ year old bald guys with golden hearing over for an auditioning shoot-out.

I find that having hair helps absorb room reflections. So better make sure 40% of them at least have some hair. Thick sweater vest's help as well.

 

[Speedskater]

I would go with Blue Jeans Cable at about the same price. Kurt Denke of BJC is very serious about making and the measuring digital/data cables.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/data-cables/index.htm

 

[Blumlein 88]

I find that having hair helps absorb room reflections. So better make sure 40% of them at least have some hair. Thick sweater vest's help as well.

A real timbre wolf would absorb lots of sound too. They have pretty thick hair(fur). At least as much as ten old bald guys have lost. Plus petting an animal lowers your blood pressure and relaxes you. Assuming the timbre wolf is tame. Then again I also am assuming timbre wolf is UK spelling for timber wolf. One has to do with music and the other with wolves. So I am not sure.

 

[amirm]

Definitely no value for room measurements. And outside of that, if it works and you get audio, and you

I would go with Blue Jeans Cable at about the same price. Kurt Denke of BJC is very serious about making and the measuring digital/data cables.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/data-cables/index.htm

I like the BJC. They are monoprice except they know what they are doing .

 

[Sal1950]

Is this one worth the price? ($7.38 + tax + free shipping).

Will it lift veils and that kind of thing?

Where do you attach the batteries and the magnets?

 

[wgscott]

One has to do with music and the other with wolves.

Sorry, maybe I need to type slower.

 

[wgscott]

I would go with Blue Jeans Cable at about the same price. Kurt Denke of BJC is very serious about making and the measuring digital/data cables.

http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/data-cables/index.htm

Dang. I just ordered some speaker cable from them an hour ago. I could have got the USB cable in the same box. I'll shoot them an email. Maybe they will still do it...

 

[TBone]

A real timbre wolf would absorb lots of sound too. They have pretty thick hair(fur). At least as much as ten old bald guys have lost. Plus petting an animal lowers your blood pressure and relaxes you. Assuming the timbre wolf is tame. Then again I also am assuming timbre wolf is UK spelling for timber wolf. One has to do with music and the other with wolves. So I am not sure.

An old buddy of mine used to tell the story of when he had two puppy male wolves. Which soon grew into bigger pups. All was well, until one day, during a feeding, they took upon each other. He was terrified breaking 'em up. Thick fur everywhere, w/much higher blood pressure.

"But they look so cute" ...

 

[Blumlein 88]

An old buddy of mine used to tell the story of when he had two puppy male wolves. Which soon grew into bigger pups. All was well, until one day, during a feeding, they took upon each other. He was terrified breaking 'em up. Thick fur everywhere, w/much higher blood pressure.

"But they look so cute" ...

I hate to tell ya, but one of those isn't a wolf.

Joking aside I can believe it. I know someone with dog/wolf hybrids. It seems K9s are essentially wolves that never leave adolescence. With hybrids some are fine dogs, and some around 2 years or so old mature into something more like the wolf they come from and have to be handled differently. There is no way to tell until it happens or doesn't.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Sorry, maybe I need to type slower.

Here I was hoping it was some clever play on words you had in mind. Your working in biology and all, I thought maybe some new genetic manipulation which lets the song parts of bird DNA be turned on in wolves so you get a musical timbre wolf. Perfect furry companion for an aging audiophile.