Hello Gents,
Made a silver wired USB cable for USB Dac connected to my dietpi music server. Unfortunatly my current dac, a smsl sanskrit MK-II, doesn't support a data only cable.
The 3 silver wires (D+, D- and GND) are 0.5 mm² with a ptfe insulation which makes to diameter 1.3mm. Alu foil and a metal braided shield for the protection. The number of twists on 35 cm cable is about 20 turns. It is said the cable must be 90 ohm impedance but I can't measure that as I don't have to tools.......yet.
Whether or not you can "hear" any difference I honestly doubt it but It sure is fun to build one just for the sake of it.🙂
I'm looking at the smsl dl200 dac which has its own AC power supply but whether or not he USB input of the dac expects 5volt I'm not sure...we'll see...
Made a silver wired USB cable for USB Dac connected to my dietpi music server. Unfortunatly my current dac, a smsl sanskrit MK-II, doesn't support a data only cable.
The 3 silver wires (D+, D- and GND) are 0.5 mm² with a ptfe insulation which makes to diameter 1.3mm. Alu foil and a metal braided shield for the protection. The number of twists on 35 cm cable is about 20 turns. It is said the cable must be 90 ohm impedance but I can't measure that as I don't have to tools.......yet.
Whether or not you can "hear" any difference I honestly doubt it but It sure is fun to build one just for the sake of it.🙂
I'm looking at the smsl dl200 dac which has its own AC power supply but whether or not he USB input of the dac expects 5volt I'm not sure...we'll see...