I happened to come across this review of Kimber Kable USB cables


Kimber Kable Select USB cables - Top Audio Gear : Top Audio Gear.


After reading the text I am at complete loss as to why any USB cable would be far superior to another never mind how a USB cable can have any influence how music sounds as this reviewer indicates. I always thought USB cables carried digital information and had no bearing on how the D to A converter converted the digital information to analog. It seems to me that as long as the cable carries the digital information at the rate needed and maintains the proper signal levels, life is good. As long as the stream of 1s and 0s coming out of the cable matches what went in the cable, the cable did its job and it doesn’t matter if the cable is machine made or hand made, has copper or silver conductors, or whatever.

What science am I missing that would make the reviewer see enough difference in the audio between one USB cable and another to make one of those 1 meter cables worth $500 plus?