18-Aug-2018, 10:33
(17-Aug-2018, 16:05)chrisc Wrote: A fairly good (simplified) explanation about USB cables
How USB works
USB data are in packets. This means all the 1s and 0s are packaged together as a single message. The same as your internet connection
If you use water as an analogy, USB data does not pass through the wire like a pipe. It is more like this water is packaged in a bottle (the packets) and then these bottles passed down the line.
So if you take this bottled water home in a Mercedes and it tasted better then water carried in a Fiat, then a boutique USB cable might be for you?
.... flames awaited..!
OK, let's have a bit of fun with this...
Your analogy with water is probably right. But only with flat water. If you were to transport 'fancy' water (carbonated or in audio 24/96) then if the roads are bad and you drive the Fiat shacking it up and down as you bump over the road, by the time it arrives you don't want to open the bottles straight away or you'll be covered in fizzy water. You will need to give the water some time to settle down (in audio; use a buffer)
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