What happened to the DJ Tech Tools USB Cables?
Hi,
I can’t find these in the shop:
http://www.djtechtools.com/2009/06/1...js-20-ferrite/
I started looking into getting a good usb cable and good old google pulled up this old DJ Tech Article.
Any other recommendations if this is no longer sold on DJTT ?
Also any recommendations on power conditioners while you’re at it. I found this but it’s very pricey:
http://www.zzounds.com/item--MONPRO1000
Cheers
Nelson
Patch
February 14, 2012, 12:59pm
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Dunno about the USB cables. They always seemed super expensive when you can buy ferrite clamps for your existing cables for next to nothing:
Enough clamps there to do 5 cables.
minimal
February 14, 2012, 1:19pm
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sounds like snake oil to me.
Snake oil does have its uses: when you have a squeeky snake
In this case, ferrite cores are for noisy cables:
A ferrite bead – also called a ferrite block, ferrite core, ferrite ring, EMI filter, or ferrite choke – is a type of choke that suppresses high-frequency electronic noise in electronic circuits.
Ferrite beads employ high-frequency current dissipation in a ferrite ceramic to build high-frequency noise suppression devices.
Ferrite beads prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI) in two directions: from a device or to a device. A conductive cable acts as an antenna – if the device produces radio-...
dookiex
February 15, 2012, 4:03pm
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A bad USB cable basically will either not work altogether or you may get drop outs in which the device basically loses power intermittently. That’s basically all that could really go wrong with USB cables. The whole thing is digital so degradation isn’t really a problem like it is with analogue cables (such as your audio cables). Either you have a live connection or you don’t.
minimal
February 18, 2012, 2:29pm
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The only USB cable that’s gone bad for me was the one that came with my NI Audio8. :}
Anyways, there are tons of good quality USB cables, ferrite and all, at your local salvation army. At a $1 a piece, you can’t go wrong.
ajrindy
February 18, 2012, 7:31pm
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uh… doesn’t the cable have to actually pass through the ferrite, and not just have the ferrite wrapped around the cable?