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am a newbie to computer audio

is there an optimum length for this cable?

i bought a 4m type A/B USB so as to keep the computer further away from my system, but it seems to make

an intermittent 'crackling' noise. 

is that common because of it's length?

should i have purchased a 1 or 2m cable instead?

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It can do this due to length, I have a longish (3m?), generic printer USB cable, which crackles on higher sample rates...    also when I use a couple of shortish cables joined with an adapter, I get the same noise.

 

It can also be due to your computer/settings.   So it's hard to know for sure.

 

Assuming you are working with cheap cables right now, then buying a cheap 1m USB cable, and just seeing if anything changes, will help you narrow things down.

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I've used a five metre usb cable in the past with no problems your cable is most probably faulty having said that there may be a chance it's the computers usb ports the logic board can be playing up there are numerous things it could be maybe the usb port on the DAC I'm not trying to freak you out but these are possibilities.

Start with the cheap stuff first cables.

 

I had a logic board go on me a few years ago it caused no end of havoc to my Mac.

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thanks for the replies, guys.

i will borrow victor's cable first to try and see if it's the cable or not.

otherwise, it may well be the computer usb outputs (both are doing the same thing)....

the dac is brand new and the other inputs work just fine. don't think it would be the usb input on the dac.

 

will report back when i learn more.

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