A dac like the sound blasterx g6 enhances the audio quality but focuses on the areas that gamers enjoy most powerful and deep bass in game voice communication and or a strong volume.
Quality usb cable for dac.
Usb c is also backward compatible with usb 2 0 and 3 0 devices but you ll need to buy an adapter as the plug on usb type c cable is different than the plugs.
Agreed that room acoustics is an oversigth by many audiophiles but already have this covered.
I figured if there is one dac that can show differences in usb cables this would be it.
Buy the best usb cable you can afford and justify because it will improve your system.
There are even reviews about how after upgrading to a 1 000 plus usb cable the sound on their usb digital audio converter dac came alive or something.
Coming back to the usb cable issue i m not worried that much by jitter but stuff like emi quality of mechanical contact cable impedance mismatch reflections between pc and dac etc.
Being curious about this subject i may bite the bullet and purchase the.
I wouldn t recommend spending more on the cable than the dac amp headphones but the cable can help to prevent noise from reaching your dac so even a cheap dac will benefit from a usb cable upgrade.
Doggiehowser thanks for your reply.
Testing for class2 0 maximum speed but the scopes have no settings to be used for testing the performance in the far lower bandwidth of usb audio.
The first test was with a 28 gauge decent but generic quality 6 foot or so usb cable between the sonore microrendu and the dac in question.
I then compared that to a very short 6 inch or so generic usb cable.
This equipment is fine for e g.
Today you can buy usb c to usb c double ended cables for your totally usb c compatible devices or to connect or data transfer a standard port device you can use a usb c to usb a cable.