Good explanation about high-end USB cables

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Good explanation about high-end USB cables


How USB works

USB data are packetized. This means all the 1 and 0 are packaged together as a single message. This works like your Internet connection.

If we use water as an analogy, USB data does not pass through the wire like a pipe. But it is more like the water is packaged in a bottle (the packets) and then passed down the line.

So if you take the bottled water home in a Mercedes and it tasted better then water carried in a Fiat, then a boutique USB cable might be for you

 
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