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Looking for an external USB device to power Headphones

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grifftech   08-13-2009 at 11:51:26 PM

I have a pair of headphones that use USB to power them and I get alot of noise from the USB port, I had the same headphones last year but they used a DC adapter to power them and the new style now uses USB (my old pair broke)

Would a powered USB hub work to power the headset and see if that helps, or is there some sort of USB device I can get that is separate from my PC to power them.

Thanks for any help,
Grifftech

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sminlal   08-14-2009 at 12:04:44 AM
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A powered hub SHOULD work fine, unless is has some sort of logic that disables power to the downstream ports if there's no upstream connection. That seems unlikely to me...

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grieve   08-14-2009 at 12:19:38 AM
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I agree... a cheap Hub is the way to go here.

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grifftech   08-14-2009 at 03:07:15 AM
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Thanks!! Got any hub recommendations?

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sminlal   08-18-2009 at 12:17:27 AM
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For the purposes of powering a headset I'd just look for the cheapest USB hub you can find...

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sminlal   08-18-2009 at 05:22:44 AM
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Just to clarify, what I meant to say was the cheapest powered hub you can find. In other words, it needs to come with a power cord that plugs into the wall.

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