USB cable interfered by power cords!

[SleepyOne]

I think it is 1.1 and although it is shielded I don't think it is particularly good. Agreed, will try an USB 2.0 (decent quality, construction wise) to see how it goes.

 

[linuxworks]

there was a thread where beezer/tomb was saying there was a usb cable diff between VERY cheap 'extension cords' (meant for power and not data) and actual twisted pair shielded data (one bundle) and power (2nd bundle, not shielded) cable.

the diff was a dollar or less vs $5. so its NOT about dollars but just pennies!

if you have a thin cable, its probably one of the junk non-compliant ones. get one that is meant for a usb2.0 external drive (say) and that should be plenty good enough to carry high speed data AND power over those 4 wires.

 

[SleepyOne]

Result of removing kimber USB ferrite is mixed bag but on balance it is better off not removing it. dura - you are correct, thanks for trying to stop me.

The benefit of removing are:
Freer/less constricted sounding, 3D, more detail like vocal, layering, texture.

The negative are:
Lost of bass, presense/palpable, thinner sounding, more 'noise'.


linuxworks - I am checking out some belkin USB 2 now, seems UK has slightly different model to US which is odd (maybe older model perhaps).

 

[EvanYorke]

This may sound dumb but I haven't read anything that proves this "gossip" wrong anyway... Is it true that strong wind and even weather disturbance can disrupt USB signals?