Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I finally got a new laptop with a lone USB 3.0 port. I'm now looking at getting a USB 3.0 hub with a power adapter so I can use both of my USB 3.0 hard drives at faster speeds. I've read lots of horror stories where some hubs either don't come with power adapters -- and as a consequence the portable drives don't work with them properly -- or they are designed poorly which results in USB 2.0 speeds. Or, the hard drives keep getting disconnected. Do your readers have any suggestions or experience using USB 3.0 hubs? Thanks!"
I am a degreed audio engineer and a home automation systems installer and programmer. Needless to say, I make cables for a living. This article makes me sad and also makes me laugh at the same time. There are so few differences in cabling for audio and video that using the best cabling for almost any application is not worth the extra cash. The reason why Monster charges so much is a joke. The only reason why it would be somewhat worth it is because of their lifetime warranty. I have wired my entire recording studio with mogami and proflex cabling and compared it with monster and some other big names and there is no percievable difference. When you look at the one detail that is forgotten, balanced (3-wire; seperate grounding) cabling is the best over un-balanced (2-wire; ground shared with negative). All of the phono cabling used for hdtv and audio are unbalanced cables. Not good for over 100'. After that, there is noticable high frequency attenuation. I got a chance to talk with Bill Whitlock, President of Jensen Transformers and he'll tell you why unbalanced cables and signals are a scam. So, once you know that unbalanced signals are used extensively in consumer products, does it really matter if the cable is super-rated this or that? Also, don't get me started on optical cabling versus co-axial digital. Do the 1's and 0's in a digital signal really care what cable is used? No. Let's not even get into directional cabling too. What a joke. Be aware Joe Consumer and do not fall for BB retailers' scams. It's your lack of knowledge that pads their pockets. WHen it comes right down to it, it's your responsibility to know what your money is buying. Not the BB retailers. They'd take your money whether you know it or not.