[IronLion]

I have been considering getting a wireless receiver like the Squeezebox to get music to the speaker setup I plan on getting but after some research I have decided that I am too comfortable using Foobar to play my music and don't want to deal with wireless connections and a manufacturer's music software to play my music. With this in mind, I am interested in simply using a long USB cable to connect my Waveterminal U24 to my DAC, which in the future will be placed about 12-15' away from my laptop. Seeing as the U24 is USB powered, I am wondering if this long of a USB cord run would detract from its performance as a transport (via coax digital out)? I remember reading in some places on this forum that long USB runs can be problematic...

 

[IronLion]

Anybody?

 

[IronLion]

http://industrialcomponent.com/opticis/opm210010.html

Looks like this could be the solution I'm looking for. Anybody used it?

 

[Magsy]

Steady on

I go 10 feet regularly with some Apple USB extensions, the cheap plain wire ones.

I've made my Xbox joypads go nearly 15 feet with CAT 5 network cable. I made this 20 feet and kept shortening it until it worked perfectly.

I'm sure you can go that distance with a regular extension cable! Try it because it doesn't cost mcuh.