- Connecting audio
- Audio PC
- Raspberry & Co
- All in Ones
- Bluetooth
- Chromecast
- Streaming audio player
- Music server
- USB Audio
- Real-time audio over IP
- FireWire DAC
- Multi-channel DAC
- NAS
- Remote control
- Vinyl rippers
- Acoustic materials
- Active crossover
- Active speakers
- Single driver speakers
- Invisible speakers
- Sound card
- Digital room correction
- Headphone
- Portable media players
Power
The electrical activities inside a PC and the quality of the PSU itself might send all kind of stray signals over the power lines of the USB into the DAC.
You can get rid of this noise by powering the USB receiver of a DAC with a separate very quiet PSU.
AQVOX USB Low-Noise Linear Power Supply EUR 98,-
iFI Audio iUSB € 225.00
Claims to be quieter than a battery.
Source: Why a USB Power Supply?
iFi Gemini Dual-Headed USB cable
Gemini Cable 0.5 meter – € 135
Gemini Cable 1.5 meter – € 225
You have that ultra-quiet USB PSU and you still need a cable splitting signal and power?
© Vincent Kars February 2013