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Power Consumption
Customers have mixed opinions regarding the power consumption of this USB to USB Isolator Module. While some report that it works fine with or without an external power supply, others find that it struggles to provide enough power for certain devices and may not function properly when used with specific cables.
Noise Reduction
Customers have reported significant improvement in reducing electronic noise for various devices such as microphones, DACs and digital pianos when using the Nobsound USB to USB Isolator Module Audio Noise Eliminator Industrial Isolator Protection. However, a few customers mentioned that it did not change the sound quality and one noted that it was prone to picking up noise from USB sockets and associated signals from mice or roller balls.
Compatibility
Customers have reported mixed results regarding the compatibility of this USB to USB Isolator Module with various devices, with some expressing frustration over its inability to work with certain high-speed USB interfaces and audio equipment. Others have had success using it with their digital pianos or sound kits.
Highlights
Quality
This device cured the problem by isolating the usb ground to the dac from the ground connection of the pc, and now i have beautiful sound.
This little isolator fixed all those problems, no more feedback even at full cpu load on the pc.
1 optical and spdif inputs, however until i connected the usb from pc to dac with the isolator, the experience was dull and poor quality.
I was thrilled at how effective this was - i bought a dragonfly black dac for my laptop at work to replace the lousy headphone ... Read More
Price
Using an external power supply didn't create any further improvement, but for £15.
A bit expensive for curing an annoying problem when connecting my yamaha piano usb to my pc but it does the job and other work ... Read More
Competitiveness
It works well with sennheiser gsx1000 - which is usb full-speed device (12mbit).
For high speed devices, you need to go with much more expensive isolator.
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- This product had a total of 94 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 4 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So single line takeaway this removed a noticeable amount of noise from my pc connecting to a ifi zen dac v2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Fortunately i am able to say this as i read a review on here that mentioned that the usb a to micro b cable included was power only
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I doubt i would have tried a different cable for this and probably would have returned it thinking it was faulty
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So does what it says on the tin if you do think your noise is coming from power line on a usb connection
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However it doesnt allow me to use the extra high quality mode on my arcam rpac usb dac
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this as an experiment to see if it would work well and it does
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I can turn the volume on my preamp to full and the speakers remain silent
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Previously there was always a residual whine even with the volume at zero