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Why still USB 2.0?

I have noted many streamers , or int. amp still having USB 2.0 on their machine, especially the USB B socket.But form computer pov today is USB 3.0 or above dominant already, and type  C plugs are widely abailable . Why the audio industry still prefer the USB 2.0? 

 

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erik_squires
16,051 posts
 

No reason to go higher.  USB 2.0 has plenty of bandwidth for audio, including DSD.

USB 2.0 has the widest compatibility as well.

To give you an example, a 384kHz/32 bit stereo audio signal only needs ~ 25 Mbps but USB 2.0 supports 480 Mbps

auxinput
2,920 posts
 

In addition, USB 3 cables require a lot more wires (conductors).  This means the quality of individual conductors will suffer.

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fuzztone
5,595 posts
 

Plenty is right, get over it.

mlsstl
1,436 posts
 

Plenty of people in the "more is ALWAYS better" camp. Doesn't surprise me in the least that some think having a transmission speed that is almost 1,800% higher than the max needed isn't good enough. 

cd318
2,636 posts
 

Similar thing with formatting USB file systems for music etc.

I tend to prefer exFat because it outperforms the much older FAT32.

Yet FAT32 is the only one that most devices recognise.

Oh well, FAT32 seems to do the job well enough!

I guess if good enough is good enough, then what’s the point of unecessarily over engineering and risking yet another bout of audio nervosa?

 

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