28-May-2014, 09:43
(27-May-2014, 23:53)moreno1973 Wrote: Hello guys
What are Your opinions about USB cables and Devialet? Did You tried any expensive models?
I have a simple no name USB cable that I received as a package when I bought some DAC three years ago. This cable works very well with my Devialet nad laptop. I tried very expensive model of Transparent Premium USB and I preferred my stock USB cable because of sound openess.
But today I tried Audioquest Diamond and this is first cable that made me thinking;-)
Do You have any experiences with Diamond? Any opinions?
My only experience with USB was using a Transparent Performance cable which isn't an expensive model compared to some! It sounded pretty good to me, I think at the time I thought it was pretty close to streaming via my UPnP setup (Moon MiND 180 connected to NAS via ethernet network).
In the latest issue of Hifi News (July) there's a group test of USB cables from £10-£999. Interestingly the Audioquest Forest USB which costs £35/1.5M scores the same (80) as the new Light Harmonic Lightspeed USB (80) which costs £999/1.6M. The winners are Nordost Blue Heaven USB 2.0 which scores 83 and costs £265/2M and Chord's Signature Tuned Aray which scores 85 and costs £400/1M.
Regarding the Audioquest Diamond with DBS I can well believe it! More on this later!
Guillaume
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