In Reply to: RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power posted by Ivan303 on April 14, 2016 at 10:16:43:
Sure there are other benefits that many of these add-on devices offer but not all of them can be taken advantage of, depending on the DAC.I would like to try a USB cable without the +5V line just to see....
I posted about this last year. You can do it w/o butchering your USB cable as some others are fond of doing. ;-) All you need is a business card, 3x5 card, or similar.
Cut and fold. Toothpick shown for rough size comparison. I'd use a thin business card or 3x5 card. You don't want it to be very thick.
Insert into USB connector covering USB Vcc pin-1. You may want to cover the USB ground pin-4 as well, but this is not necessary if all you want to do is to determine if your DAC requires external 5V.
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- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - AbeCollins 10:26:31 04/14/16 (15)
- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - fmak 12:16:16 04/14/16 (14)
- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - Mercman 12:51:38 04/14/16 (12)
- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - AbeCollins 13:03:37 04/14/16 (11)
- an elegant alternative - fmak 11:40:52 04/15/16 (7)
- Absolutely elegant and child's play.... - AbeCollins 13:13:09 04/15/16 (6)
- Fabrication Again - fmak 20:58:21 04/15/16 (5)
- RE: Fabrication Again - AbeCollins 08:45:34 04/16/16 (4)
- Bingo! - Ivan303 13:01:34 04/16/16 (3)
- RE: Bingo! How does - fmak 11:46:36 04/17/16 (2)
- RE: "Remaking a commercial cable is not butchery..." - Ivan303 15:56:02 04/17/16 (0)
- The proof is all there..... - AbeCollins 15:42:59 04/17/16 (0)
- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - Mercman 13:24:13 04/14/16 (2)
- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - fmak 21:47:17 04/14/16 (1)
- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - AbeCollins 22:36:00 04/14/16 (0)
- RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power - David Pritchard 12:27:09 04/14/16 (0)