ralphpnj wrote: > I wanted everyone here at the Squeezebox user forums to be the first > know that these brand new and literally amazing USB cables. Now I know > many of you are wondering why Squeezebox users, most of whom stream > their music files to their Squeezebox devices either wirelessly or via > Ethernet, would care about USB cables. Okay let's face it Logitech has > abandoned the Squeezebox product line and sooner or later all of us will > be listening to our music files using a Mac mini connected via a USB > cable to an asynchronous DAC so a high quality USB cable is in your > future. With that in mind let me tell you a little about these amazing > new USB cables! > > As I'm sure all of you know there are many different digital audio file > formats but up until now there has only been one type of USB cable. The > new Piltdown series of USB cables does away with that old, stale > paradigm and introduces three radically different USB cables with each > cable uniquely designed to handle a specific type of digital audio > file. > > At the low end of the Piltdown line is the C cable which is made for use > with all compressed file formats, such as mp3. The C cable's design > works to pre-uncompress the data so that the DAC's work load is deceased > and the DAC is then capable of extracting every last musical detail from > the data stream. Remember I did state that these new cable are an > amazing breakthrough!! > > In the middle of the Piltdown line is the L cable which has been > designed for use with all types of standard resolution lossless digital > audio files. As with the C cables the L cables pre-uncompress the data > but do so at a the much higher rate required for lossless data files. > > And finally for the true connoisseur there is the cost no object > Piltdown HR cable. This special cable has been carefully designed to > handle the demands of high resolution digital audio files. These files > contain massive amounts of data and the HR cable can handle these > advanced data rates with room to spare! > > The pricing for the amazing Piltdown USB cables as not yet been set but > will available shortly. Please watch for the upcoming announcement.
"all of us will be listening to our music files using a Mac" ????? Why the f.... that? Not me.... Callesoroe Living room: Transporter, Tact RCS 2.2X digital preamp, Martin Logan Vista speakers, AMPS(Icepower): Acoustic Reality Ear Enigma PLUS(PANELS), Acoustic Reality Ear TWO MKII(Bas) Kitchen: SB-duet, Beresford TC7510 DAC, Prodipe Pro 5 active bi-amp speakers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ callesoroe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=22693 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100230 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
