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In Reply to: RE: Serious question posted by AbeCollins on July 09, 2017 at 18:07:37
Still looking at Macs. I'll make up my mind by the time I get to the US in September. There will have to be some kind of device (a hub) between the TB3/USB C, ouptut of the MacBook Pro to a NOS Wavelength Brick.
You asked, what noise? I don't hear any right now, that I can tell, with an older MacBook and USB 2, so I haven't invested in a USB cleaner of any kind...yet. Is this the kind of thing I won't hear until I do? I did invest in a mains filter that has low, medium and high freq. filters, but I am not versed well enough to know, how by what kind of magic, that can affect a MAC-USB connection.
I currently use a AQ Carbon cable - 1M. I also have no idea about the "speed requirement". All my music is from RedBook disks, some of it saved as WAV or AIFF. I have a few MP3 files of music I love, but couldn't find in RedBook.
I feel like apologizing for my ignorance, but know I shouldn't. Be that as it may, I very much enjoy the convenience of computer audio.
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My thought on the topic is that TB3/USB-C is orders of magnitude faster than any 2-ch computer audiophile will ever need. In fact, USB 2 is already more than adequate in terms of speed even for high resolution music. But the TB3/USB-C speed may come in handy for doing backups, depending on the backup disks.
The entire personal computer industry is moving to USB-C but Apple implementations will also support Thunderbolt 3 within the USB-C connector for Macs. Others may do this too but it's not a requirement.
You will need a hub or adapter cable to get from USB-C to current USB DACs. I don't know of anyone who has tried this yet but I'm sure there are a few early adopters out there. Passive cabling up to 4m will be adequate for your low bandwidth application in the form of a USB-C 2.0 cable, rather than USB-C 3.1.
TB3/USB-C will easily support multiple channels of high resolution audio and video simultaneously but if you plan to run just a basic 2-ch DAC, I see no reason to expect more noise than you're experiencing now. But again, not many folks have actual experience here. We'll have to wait and see as TB3/USB-C become more popular.
I look forward to hearing from anyone who has ventured into the world of computer audio with TB3/USB C.
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