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RE: Ok Far Enough

Common mode noise on the UBS cable shouldn't couple into the DAC. It should be blocked by the USB receiver circuitry and the buffering circuitry inside of the DAC that connects the USB receiver to the converter.

As to RFI, the cable might act as an antenna and radiate EMI. The DAC and other audio components and cabling should suppress this interference which isn't in the audio band.

In either case, if the cable affects the sound quality it is not the fault of the cable, it's due to a defect downstream of the cable.


Tony Lauck

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