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Thorsten Loesch

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  1. Hi, Allow me to cut in. Making cables (especially USB ones) is often an exercise in managing suppliers, MOQ's and so on. At iFi we feel bad to sell you a 500 USD or more cable to go with a 200 USD Powersupply or even to recommend you do so. So we are working on putting something more appropriately priced into production. When? When we can, working on it. However if you already have those expensive cables, of course they will work, you just need to be sure to connect the two "A" type plugs in the right position. It is also a possible proposition to take two pcs of normal USB Cables, chop off the "B" type plug and get a new one (10pcs USB Male Type B Plug Connector Socket for DIY | eBay), solder together the two cables into the new plug (make sure to do this neatly, cleanly without long tails of wire curled up) and cover the plug assembly with heatshrink sleeving. It does work (we have some cables like this internally and some distributors had similar ones made up locally). I would not recommend this for people who expect to regularly plug things in and out (the assembly will be a trifle fragile) and if you do not take decent quality cables and do the job cleanly you may find it does not work. Then again, you may have enough surplus USB 2.0 cables in a drawer and some time on your hands....
  2. Hi, Allow me to cut in. Making cables (especially USB ones) is often an excercise in managing suppliers, MOQ's and so on. At iFi we feel bad to sell you a 500 USD or more cable to go with a 200 USD Powersupply or even to recommend you do so. So we are working on putting something more appropriately priced into production. When? When we can, working on it. However if you already have those expensive cables, of course they will work, you just need to be sure to connect the two "A" type plugs in the right position. It is also a possible proposition to take two pcs of normal USB Cables, chop off the "B" type plug and get a new one (10pcs USB Male Type B Plug Connector Socket for DIY | eBay), solder together the two cables into the new plug (make sure to do this neatly, cleanly without long tails of wire curled up) and cover the plug assembly with heatshrink sleeving. It does work (we have some cables like this internally and some distributors had similar ones made up locally). I would not recommend this for people who expect to regularly plug things in and out (the assembly will be a trifle fragile) and if you do not take decent quality cables and do the job cleanly you may find it does not work. Then again, you may have enough surplus USB 2.0 cables in a drawer and some time on your hands....
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