NEW USB CABLE AND FILTER FROM COMPUTER AUDIO DESIGN

Computer Audio Design replaces USB I and II Cables with new USB II-R Cable and USB Filter.

Computer Audio Design has long believed that digital cabling has at least the same impact as analogue. The company’s digital interconnects continue to prove their point, and are now further enhanced.

The CAD USB II-R Cable and CAD USB Filter

NOISE POLLUTION

CAD say that digital audio source components, from servers to streamers, from CD transports to laptops, are real noise polluters in an audio system. Their CPUs, chipsets, switch mode power supplies, regulators and the like produce considerably more high-frequency ‘noise’ than any analogue component. To stop this unwanted noise from interfering with your system’s overall performance, CAD say you need to tackle it before it reaches the analogue stage. CAD’s USB cables are engineered to filter out this noise from all digital music sources before that noise can reach the digital-to-analogue converter (DAC).

The new cable and filter

CAD USB II-R CABLE

The new CAD USB II-R cable replaces the company’s USB II model. Designed for use with any server, computer, USB re-clocker or DAC/streamer, it builds upon the patented filter design used in its predecessor, which CAD say reduces high-frequency noise on the USB differential signal, the Signal Ground and the 5V connections. However, the USB II-R cable itself is completely new, both in terms of the conductors and materials used, and also in the construction techniques employed.

The CAD USB II-R Cable

CAD USB FILTER

The new CAD USB Filter replaces the existing USB I cable. The Filter employs the same patented filter technology, developed in-house by Scott Berry, as used in the new USB II-R cable. The CAD USB Filter simply plugs directly into your DAC/Streamer and can be used with any USB cable. It delivers similar characteristics as the CAD USB II-R cable

CAD USB Filter

CAD USB II-R CABLE AND CAD USB FILTER PRICING AND AVAILABILITY

The new CAD USB Cable II-R & USB Filter are available now, priced as follows:

USB Cable II-R £1,500 $1,500

USB Filter £750, $750

HiFi Pig Says: The subject of USB cables does divide opinions in audiophile circles, as always, we would say to trust what you hear and make up your own mind.