USB cables
The following cables are all supplied in USB Type A (the wide and flat type that is commonly found on most computers) to USB Type B (the squared off socket found on most DACs). Some cables are available in Type A to Type A, please see the individual product listings for more information.
Supra USB 2.0 cables
Just in are Supra’s new range of USB cables. The design has dual screens with individual
screening between data and power twisted pairs, resulting in low capacitance and
efficient noise rejection making them especially good for long runs. As soon as I’ve
had a chance to listen to them I will add more detail.
Supra USB cable 0.7m: £27.00
Supra USB cable 1m: £29.00
Supra USB cable 2m: £36.00
Supra
USB cable 3m: £43.00
Supra USB cable 4m: £50.00
Supra USB cable 5m: £57.00
Supra USB
cable 8m: £78.00
Supra USB cable 10m: £92.00
Supra USB cable 12m: £106.00
Supra USB
cable 15m: £127.00
Atlas Element USB
Another new range that’s just turned up are the Atlas Element USB cables. These are available in both the normal Type A to Type as well as Type A to Type B Mini (the prices are the same for either version). The conductors are silver plated and apparently great attention has been paid to reduce jitter and reject interference. These cables are in stock now, a proper write up will follow as soon as I’ve had a chance to audition them against their peers.
Atlas Element USB 0.5M: £35.00
Atlas Element USB 1M: £37.50
Atlas Element USB 1.5M: £42.50
Atlas Element USB 2M: £47.50
Atlas Element USB 3M: £57.50
Atlas Element USB 5M: £77.50
Chord USB Silverplus
The USB Silverplus is a flexible white cable that’s available in a wide variety of lengths. Chord say it uses silver plated conductors and that they have used three layers of screening. We find this cable to be extremely impressive sounding, it’s a very substantial improvement over standard USB cables in pretty much every respect, the first thing noticed is the extra detail and transient attack, but it also has a very well resolved and extended low frequencies. Scale, solidity and refinement are all words that come to mind to describe this cable, and we cannot recommend it highly enough given its reasonable pricing.
Chord Silver Plus USB 0.75m cable: £45.00
Chord Silver Plus USB 1.5m cable: £54.00
Chord Silver Plus USB 3m cable: £63.00
Chord Silver Plus USB 5m cable: £72.00
Furutech Formula 2
The Furutech Formula 2 has a sound with good openness and clarity. Compared to the Chord Silverplus detailed above it is a little more forward in the midrange and a touch lighter in the bass, but this mid projection is likely to find favour in some systems and with it is an impressive ability to resolve fine details like the acoustics around instruments and voices. Spatially this cable is also extremely impressive too.
Furutech Formula 2 USB 0.6m cable: £45.00
Furutech Formula 2 USB 1.2m cable: £55.00
Furutech Formula 2 USB 1.8m cable: £65.00
Furutech Formula 2 USB 3.6m cable: £90.00
Furutech Formula 2 USB 5m cable: £110.00
Nordost Blue Heaven USB
The Nordost offers the biggest wow factor of any USB cable we’ve tried. Literally everything reproduced is cleaner, tighter, more dynamic and better resolved. The additional attack this cable resolves gives it an immediate and exciting sound that is really involving to listen to. From top to bottom it is very well balanced too, and the weight and scale of the low frequencies simply sound very natural.
This cable is made using the normal Nordost recipe of silver plated conductors and their micro mono filament construction. The cable is normally supplied and a Type A USB to a Type B USB, however it can also be ordered in Type A to Type A if desired.
We highly recommend this USB cable, whilst its not cheap we feel the performance it offers more than justifies the cost.
Nordost Blue Heaven USB 1m cable: £189.99
Nordost Blue Heaven USB 2m cable: £264.99
Nordost Blue Heaven USB 3m cable: £339.99
Nordost Blue Heaven USB 5m cable: £489.99
Nordost Blue Heaven USB 6m cable: £564.99
Nordost Blue Heaven USB 7m cable: £639.99
Chord Sarum USB
The Sarum USB is a very thick and somewhat inflexible cable whose price will undoubtedly (and understandably) polarise some peoples opinions before they’ve even auditioned it.
As befits its price it is a very refined performer, at first it appears a little darker sounding that some of the other cables here, and appears to lack the immediacy heard with cables like the Nordost Blue Heaven (or the Chord Silverplus), but the longer you listen the more you realise it is resolving a lot of extra information as well as demonstrating a wonderfully textured midband. There’s a pleasing reduction in hash and grain too, and these aspects add up to bode very well for extended listening when other cables could become tiring in comparison. The scale of soundstage is also very impressive, with instruments easier to place in all three dimensions.
Chord Sarum USB 1m cable: £750.00 (+£250 per extra metre required)
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