I thought that the ferrite choke was to stop noise originating from the USB peripheral device getting out via the shield. Is this not the case?
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In my experience with tinkering with the different types of connection between my silent HTPC and M2Tech Young Dac I recorded the following
USB - standard without software and using windows sounds the worst
Coax - sounds more musical and quiet
Optical - More detail and cleaner
Asynchronous USB with M2tech software, Jrivermedia player M2Tech young dac Standard USB cable better than all of the above
Same as above with a Supra cable sound slightly better than the above so kept that and still use that today 5 years on
All just my opinion of course no scientific evidence :D
Alan
That's no surprise - from the Windows end it will be seeing generic drivers. USB is not designed to be an audio interface! The clue is in the U bit of USB.
It will - the coax connection is an audio one!
And ground plane noise is eradicated .....
The M2Tech "software" is not software as such - it's appropriate drivers for the hardware being used.
Yes they make a difference. I use Wireworld Starlight and iFi USB power combination. I have tried USB to SPDIF convertors with mixed results, as PC software upgrades can make them not functional, or they wont handle all the sound option formats.
I would like to try one of the more expensive converters but the thought it might cease to work puts me off.
I just Bought the entry level QED USB cable it’s so cheap I thought why not, I hear a difference, more clarity and openness almost like the noise floor has been lowered. It’s not gonna make a good system brilliant but it definetly worth the price. I wouldn’t pay much more than that though, if I had paid £500pounds I think I would’ve been disappointed but for £15 it was well worth it.