About The WireWorld Chroma 8 USB A To Micro Cable
The WireWorld Chroma 8 2.0 USB A to USB Micro B digital audio cable brings the rewarding sound quality of Uni-Path design down to a price that is only slightly higher than standard cables. Like all Wireworld USB cables, the noise-absorbing power conductor improves sonic purity.
Digital cables are key in various audio set-ups, and in our experience you can improve on the freebie example that came bundled with your system for just a few dollars when compared to the amount we spend on our hardware. They are also key if sound quality is important. And if you've got very expensive gear then you'll need to spend a few more dollars than the very affordable Wireworld Chroma 8 2.0. However, if you're not fanatical about your digital sound and want to get something that represents incredible value, then you may just have found it!
USB (Universal Serial Bus) was designed to standardise the connection of computer peripherals (including keyboards, pointing devices, digital cameras, printers, portable media players, disk drives and network adapters) to personal computers, both to communicate and to supply electric power. It has become an important part of streaming digital audio both at home and on the move. Many Digital to Analogue Convertors (DACs) use USB to receive digital audio signals at bit rates up to 24bit/192kHz or more.
Oxygen Free Copper: Showing Wireworld's commitment to the highest grade of materials, the signal conductors in Chroma 8 use oxygen-free copper which is 99.99% (4 Nines) pure, a significant upgrade over the standard electrolytic grade, which is 99.9% pure.
Composilex 3 Insulation: Insulation materials are considered very important in cable design and designers usually select whatever standard materials they find to work the best. The problem with that approach is that none of those standard materials provide both low loss and low triboelectric noise. To overcome that limitation, Wireworld developed their own composite insulation materials. Now in their third generation, Composilex 3 insulation materials are uniquely blended to minimise both noise and loss, enabling you to hear more musical detail and three-dimensionality than ever before.
Composilex 3 insulation has made great improvements in the performance of Wireworld Series 8 cables. It is totally unique to Wireworld and the incredibly quiet background, tonal purity and expansive sound-staging it provides are a revelation in sonic realism. It works by reducing triboelectric noise, which is caused by static charge/discharge effects generated where conductors touch insulation. The noise is induced by movement, vibration and signal energy. Engineered for the lowest triboelectric noise of any low loss insulation material, including DuPont Teflon, Composilex 3 provides a major advance in preserving tonality, spatiality and dynamic contrast.
Uni-Path Technology: The Uni-Path design provides similar advantages to the more complex DNA Helix design in lower cost and smaller scale applications. Uni-Path improves electromagnetic efficiency and shielding. This innovation enables more of the original signal information to be reproduced, improving both sound and imaging.
The Challenge Of USB Audio: Wireworld USB audio cables utilise unique new designs that minimise jitter by providing sharper waveforms than the standard USB cable design. They provide the lowest jitter available at each price point, producing distinct improvements in tone quality, clarity, image focus, smoothness and dynamic range.
There is a fundamental difference between the transfer of computer data and digital audio signals. Computers are able to transfer digital data without loss, because the data moves in the robust form of blocks, which do not depend on specific timing between the sending and receiving devices. However, digital audio signals are continuous streams of data, which are quite fragile, since the digital processor must remain perfectly locked onto the timing of the signal to avoid data losses.
The Limitations of digital audio processors and cables create timing errors known as jitter, which remove portions of the audio signal and replace them with noise and distortion. Cables tend to round off the square waveforms of the signal, making them less clear to the processor, thus increasing jitter. This rounding effect varies greatly among cables and a truly superior digital audio cable can make great improvements in sound quality.
About USB
The letters USB stand for Universal Serial BUS. This protocol was established by a stalwart group of companies such as Intel, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft (just to name a few) in order to give the personal computing world a truly universal standard and means to connect devices such as hard drives, printers, cameras and, more importantly to us, our audio components. Included in the original description are protocols for the pristine transfer of audio over USB. Great care and sensitivity went into this design. Consequently, a computer connected to a USB-enabled digital-to-analogue converter can - in many people's opinion - outperform the best compact disc players available today. WireWorld is committed to contributing products that honour USB's ability to deliver state-of-the-art performance on this new and wonderful frontier.
Main Features & Specifications
- Product Description: Wireworld Chroma 8, USB 2.0 Type A to Type Micro B
- Conductors: 3 x 99.99% (4 Nines) Pure Oxygen Free Copper conductors
- Wire Size/Gauge: 28 AWG (0.08 sq. mm)
- Connectors: 24K gold-plated
- Insulation: Composilex 3 Insulation
- Cable Design: WireWorld's Uni-Path design
- Specification: Exceeds official USB high speed specifications
- Available Lengths: 600mm; 1 Metre; 2 Metre; 3 Metre
- Wireworld Product Code: C2AM0.6M-8
- Manufacturer's Warranty: Lifetime - Does not include misuse or abuse
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE.