Please help - suggestion for good quality USB A to USB C cable

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Hi all,

Looking for your recommendations for a good quality USB A to USB C cable for data transfer.

This is for my Roon library music files stored on an external SSD drive which has a USB C connector and my iMac only has USB A.

Thanks!

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Any (standards compliant) cable will be fine, eg, the one that came with the external SSD drive.

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Hi @mikeb - unfortunately it is too short. looking for at least 1m cable.

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Any longer one will probably do.

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Thanks but I have read a lot of reviews for cables and mixed reviews for pretty much all of the ones I have seen.

Just looking for recommendation for a brand.

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Really? Then buy the least expensive one that you are comfortable with. :unamused:

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Recommendation for a brand

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Can’t help you. All of mine are generic. It’s just data.

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@mitr - thanks for replying though

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Amazon Basics, U Green, Anker at al. Occasional faulty one, but you can return it if that’s the case. They’re super cheap and will do the job.

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If you have a local computer/electronics store, pick a cable that has secure connectors. Otherwise, the usual suspects (as state above).

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Thanks for recommendations - will look at those

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Thank you - when you say “secure connectors” what do you mean by that?

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The cable-to-connector joint should not be overly loose or flexible.

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Thank you for clarifying

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I usually just buy AmazonBasics. USB cables are not difficult to build correctly.

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The Amazon own ones are good.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/AmazonBasics-Double-Braided-Nylon-Type-C/dp/B07D7PM3S4/ref=sr_1_6?crid=9QTT9ENFEWI5&dchild=1&keywords=usb+c+to+usb+a+cable&qid=1619113438&sprefix=usb+c+to+usb+a+%2Caps%2C173&sr=8-6

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Thanks for the tip!