When I see something like this I usually wonder if I haven’t learned anything at university and there’s something important I don’t know or maybe the maker of the product is not telling all the truth (¿or was it called lying?).
We find a new USB cable by Kimber which promises “to preserve the delicate data stream”, and this is where I ask to myself: “but, USB doesn’t transmit digital information?” If i remember correctly, that’s what they told me. So, then why do we need a special cable to transmit audio? And will it really improve the quality of the sound?
I could understand it if it was an analog cable with good shielding protecting it from external noises but a cable transmitting digital data? As long as the external noise doesn’t corrupt the bits, which should be detected and protected by the protocol, anyways, you don’t need an special cable to get better sound.
That’s one of the qualities of digital data: original and copy are equal (unless the copy is corrupt, but I repeat that should be detected by the transmission protocol).
Then, I have to ask if this is only a way the manufacturer gets the money from the ignorant consumer, because this cable costs 50 dollars half a meter and 115 dollars five meters.
Does anyone know if this is really much better than a normal USB cable?
- From Digital Music Mag
I think the issue here is real time transmission of data like an audio stream. If bits are lost and protocols can’t replace in very short time then dac at other end has less data.