So a dac and headphone amp disguised as a usb stick sounds like a great idea and the dragonfly red like the dragonfly cobalt above pulls it off superbly.
Usb dac cable length.
Adding a dedicated dac no matter how small can make all the difference.
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The majority of dacs and headphone amplifiers fitted to smartphones or laptops are cheap and not very good.
Pc 15 usb cable usb dac 12 rca mit s3 preamp pc 2 usb cable usb dac 35 rca diy belden wire preamp and we ll see how it sounds with my m audio usb dac.
Ugreen usb c printer cable usb type c to usb 2 0 type b printer scanner cable cord high speed for brother hp canon lexmark epson dell xerox samsung etc and piano dac 10ft black 4 6 out of 5 stars 1 081.
If it s ok i d like to try the scott nixon usb dac or another usb dac like the one from red wine audio.
By far the biggest factor when listening to digitally encoded music will be the intentional effects of any lossy encoding algorithms like mp3.
According to intel s usb specifications the maximum cable cable length is 5 meters so that s the maximum cable length that you can use between your computer to a usb dac.
Mediabridge usb 2 0 a male to b male cable 10 feet high speed with gold plated connectors black part 30 001 10b.
The usb 2 0 standard specifies a maximum cable length of 5m 16ft so the simple answer to your question how long is too long is longer than that however the standard allows for this to be extended up to 5 times by inserting a usb hub.
Hifi usb cable type a to type b hifi data cable for dac usb cable 1m 5 0 out of 5 stars 10.