USB cable recommended?
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After 16 days of my new mad scientist black magic ultra running in my system there has been ups and downs like always in burn in process. I can`t say how many hours but it seems that now it has opened up. Its a wonderful USB cable. Dynamic, clean , very quiet letting the music and the artists intention with the music get through. Very impressive.
Still on Intona Reference+Isolator. Not found anything equal yet. Strictly matched impedance seems key on USB.
I have been using a Shunyata Alpha with my Innuos Statement and I am interested in your thoughts on the Siltech Legend 880. Thus far I have preferred the Shunyata to others I have tried.
I've tried a bunch. Best I've had is from @pranawire and board member @Joe Cohen. The USB cable he makes is called the Proton. Standard length is 0.6m. USB A-B.
So I've been making my own USB cables for over 15 years 
Since I started building state of the art music servers for clients Now I am lazy so I start with good commercial USB cables and then apply my own magic from there. My favorite commercial cable so far has been the Supra Excalibur USB cable. I typically start there and apply my own recipes for noise reduction and enhancement of the signal.
Recently I ordered some of the Mad Scientist Nano tweaks to try out in my system. They made a difference applied in various ways to different cables and power supplies they recommend. they made a really nice difference wherever I put them.
But I was really taken aback when I applied the Nano discs to my USB cable at the input side. Wow! Really reveals detail by stripping away noise I didn't know was there. Mad Scientist really knows their stuff! Today I've ordered a bunch more Nano products to delve into this more. So I imagine their USB cable is pretty awesome!
I might try their USB cable sometime, but I've got my own bag of tricks, which might not be easyh to apply to their cable.
Since I started building state of the art music servers for clients Now I am lazy so I start with good commercial USB cables and then apply my own magic from there. My favorite commercial cable so far has been the Supra Excalibur USB cable. I typically start there and apply my own recipes for noise reduction and enhancement of the signal.Recently I ordered some of the Mad Scientist Nano tweaks to try out in my system. They made a difference applied in various ways to different cables and power supplies they recommend. they made a really nice difference wherever I put them.
But I was really taken aback when I applied the Nano discs to my USB cable at the input side. Wow! Really reveals detail by stripping away noise I didn't know was there. Mad Scientist really knows their stuff! Today I've ordered a bunch more Nano products to delve into this more. So I imagine their USB cable is pretty awesome!
I might try their USB cable sometime, but I've got my own bag of tricks, which might not be easyh to apply to their cable.
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Are the Nano discs self adhesive or is it our old friend Blu Tack to the rescue?So I've been making my own USB cables for over 15 years
Recently I ordered some of the Mad Scientist Nano tweaks to try out in my system. They made a difference applied in various ways to different cables and power supplies they recommend. they made a really nice difference wherever I put them.
But I was really taken aback when I applied the Nano discs to my USB cable at the input side. Wow! Really reveals detail by stripping away noise I didn't know was there. Mad Scientist really knows their stuff! Today I've ordered a bunch more Nano products to delve into this more. So I imagine their USB cable is pretty awesome!
I might try their USB cable sometime, but I've got my own bag of tricks, which might not be easyh to apply to their cable.
They come with a small dot of blu tack on the bottom. But I've been using electrical tape to secure them better.
Awesome! Can you compare it to your other favorites?
I recently upgraded my stock UB cable to the ifi audio Mercury 3.0. I don't know why but there was a dramatic improvement. I definitely recommend tossing your stock cable for a premium brand. Which one? Sorry you are on your own. I love mine.
Well yes I have had Curious, Lush, Ghent , OYAIDE, SABLON 2020 and SABLON EVO which i only had for a week ( it was a loaner from a friend with intention to buy if i decide to keep it ), so contest was very tight between two of them :
EVO or BMU ?
EVO is remarkable well balanced and neutral with great body presentation and very nice resolution definitely a set up over the 2020,
BMU is there too but perhaps a bit but really tiny bit of less body compared to the EVO, ohhh but the highs and resolution are to die for it is just addictive and even Body is a bit better on the EVO i could not let the BMU go, even when i really had bias to the EVO.
I loved both and it was very hard and i mean very hard for me and some friends to decide, but at least in my system the BMU won but not for being a better cable, it just suits better my taste and my system.
I guess it all comes to taste ...
Hope that helps !
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Hit me up calvinjohjson@me.com. I will let you demo our Infigo audio usb. Send me address and phone # and all you pay is shipping back!
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