{"product_id":"chord-c-usb-c-b-1m-cable","title":"Chord C-USB C-B 1m Cable","description":"\u003cp\u003eC-USB is the entry-level USB cable in The Chord Company’s award-winning C-series. This version runs from a USB-C plug to a square USB-B plug, and is 1m long. Chord designed it in the UK for PC, laptop or phone-based music systems and calls it a good introduction to digital cable upgrades. Use it to connect the USB-C port of a phone, tablet, laptop or computer to the USB-B input of a desktop DAC, headphone amp, amplifier or powered speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow Chord builds it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside are high-purity, low-resistance conductors: heavy-gauge oxygen-free copper with silver plating, which Chord uses for optimum signal transfer. The data conductors run as twisted pairs and sit in high-density insulation. Around them, a lapped foil screen gives dual-layer high-frequency shielding, which Chord says helps to combat high-frequency interference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth plugs are precision gold-plated connectors, so they avoid tarnishing and corrosion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy USB-C\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChord points out that more and more hi-fi equipment uses USB-C, thanks to its versatility and high data rates. Chord designed its USB-C cables to suit the USB-C ports on the latest iPhone models, recent iPad Pro tablets, MacBook laptops and other Apple devices too. The C-B version lets those sources play into the many DACs and amps that still have a USB-B input.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eType\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUSB digital audio interconnect\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003ePlugs\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUSB-C (male) to USB-B (male), gold-plated\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eConductors\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeavy-gauge silver-plated oxygen-free copper, twisted-pair data conductors\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eInsulation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHigh-density\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eShielding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDual-layer high-frequency (lapped foil)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1m\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eDesigned in\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDesigned and tested in the UK\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat the press says\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe C-USB box carries a Hi-Fi Choice Recommended badge. In its July 2025 review, Hi-Fi Choice used this USB-C to USB-B version to connect a Samsung phone to a DAC and found the sound “surprisingly good”, with “a very rich and full presentation”. It praised the “robust connectors” and called C-USB “a very well-made product with excellent quality connectors and … a real step up compared with many cheaper computer-grade USB cables.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOther versions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChord makes the USB-C C-USB as A-C, C-B and C-C, in lengths from 0.5m to 3m. Chord describes C-USB as its most affordable USB-C cable, ideal for everyday users, newcomers and gifting. The step up is Chord’s Clearway USB, with alloy-sleeved plugs and foil-and-braid shielding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGood to know\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheck which end goes where: the USB-C plug goes into the phone, tablet or computer, the square USB-B plug into the DAC or amp.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChord’s install advice: switch your equipment off before fitting the cable, hold the plug rather than the cable, and avoid bending it hard. If the cable has direction arrows, point them away from the source.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChord covers its products with a lifetime warranty against defective materials and workmanship (not wear and tear or accidental damage): keep your receipt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnother option: the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/fiio-link-tc4-usb-b-to-c-digital-audio-cable\"\u003eFiiO LINK-TC4\u003c\/a\u003e is a USB-C to USB-B cable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the box: the C-USB C-B cable, 1m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The Chord Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63214935474563,"sku":"CSE2303.010.1","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/3199\/8339\/files\/chord-c-usb-c-b-1m-cable-chordco-c-usb-usb-abc-illus-1080.jpg?v=1793792634","url":"https:\/\/www.advancedmp3players.co.uk\/products\/chord-c-usb-c-b-1m-cable","provider":"amp3","version":"1.0","type":"link"}