Recently via a dealer loan, I received an Audioquest Diamond USB 1.5 meter cable. I placed it between my Mac Mini running Snow Leopard and Decibel in HOG mode and my Benchmark DAC1 Pre. Previously I had a Belkin Gold USB cable.
The addition of the Diamond fleshed out the details, improved instrument separation and the soundstage increased in width and a little bit in depth.
Now I would have thought that the ones and zeros moving from the FLAC files on my Mac would arrive at the Benchmark fine either way.
Why am I hearing differences? By what mechanism does the sound change?
The addition of the Diamond fleshed out the details, improved instrument separation and the soundstage increased in width and a little bit in depth.
Now I would have thought that the ones and zeros moving from the FLAC files on my Mac would arrive at the Benchmark fine either way.
Why am I hearing differences? By what mechanism does the sound change?