Locus Design Group Cynosure USB

This was sold to me as a version 2 though there is no V2 on the heat shrink. Lee was constantly improving his statement products so my guess is that this is an early V2 or very late original Cynosure. Very full sounding and dimensional. MUCH better than his Nucleas and definitely warrants all the hoopla. A smidge over 4 feet long. Will include shipping insured and paypal fees.

Hand made by the late Locus Design Master Lee Weiland. Legendary for it's performance to those who've heard it, Infamous for it's price. The previous owner claimed this was a V2 but there is no V2 on the heatshrink. I've never been able to find another so I haven't compared sonics. Does sound phenomenal. Originally meant for a nearly fully realized system by people with means.It does reward IMO now at much more reasonable secondary market pricing. As always due to differences in systems, music and listening preferences YMMV.

Some of Lee's words on it:
"It all starts with raw materials, I have a vendor partner who I have have taught (and wasted more money than I want to think about teaching them) to make my wire exactly like I want it made, and exactly to my specs, which I then treat with my CryoFreeze™ process as soon as I receive it. So, the raw materials are without peer.
I then braid this masterpiece of a wire into a proprietary braid so that the conductors are evenly spaced, and arranged in the configuration I want them to be.
Around this core, I then add many different layers of shielding and damping. Some of the materials I use are carbon fiber, cotton, SPC braid, ERS fabric, Nylon, Teflon, and many more. This damping/shielding arrangement ensures that the inner cores that carry the data and VDC lines are isolated not only from each other, but from any external influences to the cable, be they mechanical, or electrical. In addition, these layers damp the conductors themselves, and prevent micro vibrations inside the cable from affecting the signal. These layers are one of the reasons that the cable takes a while to "settle" back in after it has been moved, or unplugged.
I use two of these "assemblies" above, one carries the VDC and ground, the other carries the data +/- signal. These two assemblies are then braided around a core of different materials to further damp them, space them, and isolate them from each other.
Over the whole tri-braided assembly I then add more layers of shielding and damping in order to damp the whole internal build of the cable, and further isolate the inner assembly from the outside world.
Everything about the Cynosure is custom, the connectors, the wire, the way I damp and shield it, and even how I terminate it with the best Mundorf solder and a special adhesive material that not only does not negatively impact the sound, but makes the ends very strong and durable.
All of the above took me a great deal of money, listening time, and experimentation to find the optimum balance to build the finest USB cable I currently know how to build. The Cynosure is incredibly labor intensive, all of the materials are of the highest quality and very expensive, and the development took quite a long time. So, while the cable is expensive, the price is what it is, and if one wants the best, well...For those who demand the very best, and have the means to acquire it."
"I surround the core with multiple layers (how many=proprietary) of damping and shielding. The layers consist of cotton, carbon fiber, Teflon, Mylar, Nylon, silver plated copper braid, and many more materials that I will not reveal. All Cynosure's are hand built, burned in, and evaluated in one of my reference systems, by me personally."

Dave Clark Positive Feedback:
"So let me back up and say that the Cynosure is clearly a step up from the Nucleus ($$1149/1-3ft, $120 each additional foot) in all areas: bigger, more resolving, warmer, more real and tonally richer… and way more dimensional. Wow, this USB cable is not only the cat's pajamas but the slippers and lounging robe as well! Way elegant and chic in all respects, but ridiculously expensive. Lee, you're killing me man! As good as I found the Nucleus, the Cynosure moves the SOTA standard well down the road, but at that price it had better. Which then begs the question, is it worth the $2850? I don't know man, that is a hell of a lot o' money, but Lee assures me that the materials, time, and effort that goes into making the cable justifies the price—it ain't an easy or simple build, so… it is not something I could afford, but yeah, it is very, very good. In the end, only you can decide if the cost is worth it… the problem is once you hear it, it is hard going back!"