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RE: DACs that do not benefit from external 5V power

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.




Edits: 04/14/16 04/14/16

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