Our beleaguered musician is close to the open door and we hear him more clearly than before. Think of this degree of isolation as a doorway separating the noisy crowd (our computer). A USB hub, like the Regen, offers a degree of isolation between the computer and the DAC, though it’s not complete. In fact, the idea of a purpose built USB hub is what the famous Uptone Regen essentially does – and it works well – improving audio in every case. RECEIVE OUR LATEST NEWS USB AUDIO DRIVER SUPPORT The XMOS USB Audio firmware supports both USB Audio Class 1.0 and USB Audio Class 2.0. While it may seem counter intuitive to improve something by adding another element in the data path, it works. One trick you can use is to connect the computer through a USB hub, using two USB cables–one between the computer and the hub, the other between the hub and the DAC. It’s near impossible unless you separate him from the crowd. Depending on your board the USB 2.0 is probably built in to the Intel chipset where the USB 3.0 ports may be on a 3rd party chip. The USB 2.0 and 3.0 ports would also be wired to different chipsets. Think of your computer like a noisy crowd and the music like a lone musician trying to be heard at a cocktail party. USB 3.0 can put out more power than 2.0 which may make a difference if your DAC doesn't have a separate power supply. This is because your computer is a hostile environment for delivering clean audio data. 'When you connect your computer to your DAC through USB there’s a lot of problems getting the sound right.

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