I had that issue with a USB HDD, finally put it on the jack nearer the board, the one on top was said to be for lower current. That worked.
But all in all, this is going into specific territory, the same solution may not work for everybody.
But all in all, this is going into specific territory, the same solution may not work for everybody.
Data transmission considerations just need to be met with a USB cable. That's easy. All the digits will get through just fine.
It's the second order effects that lead to sound quality differences in my opinion. You are connecting the ground of your RF generating digit provider to your precious, sensitive audio system. RF does not behave like DC or low frequency AC. It respects only characteristic impedence and geometry. Unless your system ground is infinitely low impedance (at RF!) you will get RF voltages developing. Do they matter? In my experience, yes. I've clearly heard differences with different USB cable geometries using the same cable just from improving RF rejection on the Gnd and +5V line.
It's the second order effects that lead to sound quality differences in my opinion. You are connecting the ground of your RF generating digit provider to your precious, sensitive audio system. RF does not behave like DC or low frequency AC. It respects only characteristic impedence and geometry. Unless your system ground is infinitely low impedance (at RF!) you will get RF voltages developing. Do they matter? In my experience, yes. I've clearly heard differences with different USB cable geometries using the same cable just from improving RF rejection on the Gnd and +5V line.
Of course, they matter. Correct RF termination of the shield wire is crucial... and not easy to execute.
Hi there! I'm pretty new to this forum and found this very interesting thread. I have successfully build my own USB cable for my DAC. I built it using pure 999 silver conductors and separating the power delivery by adding a different external connector that is directly soldered to only one end of the usb.
I am using it in my system and although I don't have great speakers I can still hear a slight improvement. Here I'll upload some pictures and renderings I made to show the design.
What do you think about it? I'm curious to hear your opinion.
I am using it in my system and although I don't have great speakers I can still hear a slight improvement. Here I'll upload some pictures and renderings I made to show the design.
What do you think about it? I'm curious to hear your opinion.
What software did you use to render your images? [ This is much a more impressive achievement than the cables themselves !]
Ahahah thank you, yeah took some time but wanted to experiment with that and I'd like to sell it if possible so I though it'd be useful.
I used Blender for rendering and some modelling and Rhino7 for the more precision modelling, the braid itself was made with grasshopper, with the Peacock plugin it's really easy.
But yeah about the cable I followed what I found in the internet, and came up with this version of my own. Don't know about capacitance and inductance but I guess since the signal is very low current that shouldn't matter so I focused more on the shielding.
If you find mistakes in the constructions or things I should have avoided / done differently please let me know since I'd like to make another one in the future, maybe thicker with cotton insulation and then braided shielding on the outer layer?