Shunyata Omega USB

[gadawg]

There’s USB thread over on What’s Vest Forum that speaks to this.

I see the 8 cable shoot out but it doesn’t mention any of the Shunyata cables and how they would compare at all and the Shunyata threads don’t really compare to any other cables? Did I miss some other thread you found?

George

 

[highstream]

I see the 8 cable shoot out but it doesn’t mention any of the Shunyata cables and how they would compare at all and the Shunyata threads don’t really compare to any other cables? Did I miss some other thread you found?

George

I meant the "USB cable recommended" thread. On the Shunyata Omega Cables thread, I wrote the following:

"I spent two periods with the Omega-X USB on loan this summer and reviewed it twice on the "USB Cable Recommended" thread. I won't repeat all the good things here, and there are a lot of them, but what decided it for me was its being emotionally laid back, sometimes a lot. That made it a great cable... for reading along to -- think quiet Sunday afternoon -- but not quite satisfying otherwise."

 

[mep]

I meant the "USB cable recommended" thread. On the Shunyata Omega Cables thread, I wrote the following:

"I spent two periods with the Omega-X USB on loan this summer and reviewed it twice on the "USB Cable Recommended" thread. I won't repeat all the good things here, and there are a lot of them, but what decided it for me was its being emotionally laid back, sometimes a lot. That made it a great cable... for reading along to -- think quiet Sunday afternoon -- but not quite satisfying otherwise."

That's called damning with faint praise.

 

[highstream]

If one's taste is a relaxed, neutral sound, and they have a system that can take advantage of the many things the Omega-X does really well, then it's not damning at all.

Right now, I'm figuring out how my current stock of USBs -- the Synergistic Research SRX, the Signal Projects Andomeda and the much less expensive (and warm) Computer Audio Design version II-R cable -- fare with the QSA-Lanedri Discovery Veridion Power Strip that I have on audition (I've never kept a QSA-Lanedri audio cable, re their voicing, but for video the line is exceptional). This is on a run between SSD and highly modified digital only Oppo 203. Since this is a Shunyata thread, I'll leave it there.