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Musical Fidelity V-Link need a fancy USB cable?

post #1 of 6
5/13/11 at 7:07am
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My V-Link arrives today.  Since this device re-clocks the signal, does a fancy $$$ USB cable matter?  I was going to use a 0.99 throw away cable or maybe a Griffin Gold USB cable.  Do I really need a Wireworld or Audioquest?

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post #2 of 6
5/13/11 at 11:53am
I use the V-Link to feed the M1-DAC some 6 meters away. The V-Link sits immediately to the side of my Mac Mini. I'm using a 0.5m Wireworld Ultraviolet USB but mainly because I wanted the shortest cable I could find to keep things neat. I compared the cable with a couple of others I had but as long as the cable met latest Hi-Speed specs I couldn't hear any difference.
I think that as the V-Link is taking care of the jitter, there's no real benefit from expensive cables. That may change if the USB cable was longer than the normal 1.5 - 2m. but my main reason for adding the V-Link was to allow me to run a long optical interconnect from my a/v system where the Mac Mini lives across to the end of the room where my headphone rig sits. Any audio improvement from the Asynchronous USB was a bonus.
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post #3 of 6
5/13/11 at 5:45pm

If the power for the V-link is supplied via the USB cable, the only thing I'd suggest is a dedicated power supply for it. 

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post #4 of 6
5/13/11 at 8:26pm
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I plan on putting the V-Link next to the Mac Mini so the cable length will be very short. So you say the Wireworld was no better than a decent, say... $25 Monster Cable?

The extra power is very interesting.
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post #5 of 6
5/15/11 at 3:54am
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Originally Posted by DjAmTraX View Post

I plan on putting the V-Link next to the Mac Mini so the cable length will be very short. So you say the Wireworld was no better than a decent, say... $25 Monster Cable?

The extra power is very interesting.

Not in my system and to my ears anyway smily_headphones1.gif
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post #6 of 6
5/15/11 at 6:57am
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I got the V-Link on Friday.  Using a $0.99 USB cable.  Sounds good.  I ordered a $20 Monster Cable to see if there is a difference.  I'll report back.  

 

Too bad the V-Link doesn't work with iPad via camera connection kit. :(

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