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https://www.amazon.com/Belkin-USB-IF-Certified-Printer-Meters/dp/B00WJSPW6S

I use this one. Some color options not sure if I can hear a difference though. I just picked it because I liked the orange color.
https://store.djtechtools.com/products/chroma-cables-usb?variant=31422514266199

Thanks for the suggestions. Yes I felt silly paying $80 for what should be a $20 cable. The StarTech gets good ratings yet a touch or vibration causes playback to stutter. @atomicbob has done some usb cable shielding resistance measurements that hint at better construction in audio name than generic cables. So I got the AQ on that basis. I'll bookmark both suggestions and maybe try those later.

I've been using the AQ Forest USB C to B cable for a week now. It provides a reliable connection, unlike the StarTech, I'm not a fan of AudioQuest, but this cable is worth it for not interfering with my listening. I'm sure that there are less expensive cables that do the job, but I'm not going to go on a quest form them having found a satisfactory solution; will be moving more to other inputs as I adopt Pi2AES.