• Registered: 2022-03-15
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Topic: USB 2.0 cable with ferrite core useful?

Dear RME user community,

I am setting up my audio system and connecting a Mac to an ADI-2 DAC FS via USB2.0. I would like to get a shorter (and white ;-)) USB cable and am just wondering:

Does a USB cable with a ferrite core still make sense today? Or is the normal shielding of the cable usually sufficient?

Best regards,
Marc

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Re: USB 2.0 cable with ferrite core useful?

Ferrite cores never made sense on USB cables.

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Matthias Carstens
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  • Registered: 2022-03-15
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Re: USB 2.0 cable with ferrite core useful?

Good to know, thank you very much! :-)

  • Registered: 2018-12-21
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Re: USB 2.0 cable with ferrite core useful?

MC wrote:

Ferrite cores never made sense on USB cables.

They make for good stoppers, so the cable doesn’t slip from the table, when unconnected wink