microfone quality difference usb 2.0 and 3.0

[Bayonett Priest]

i own a audia technica 2020 usb+ and i have it connected on a 2.0 usb(dont have a lot 3.0 slots and the one i have are ocupied). and am geting a new pc and am asking if there is a qualitydifference between 2.0 and 3.0? cause there is always a white noise in the micrtofone when i record things!

i will buy the asus maximus XI code and there shound be a 3.1 usbport. is this even better?

[Mira Yurizaki]

Audio has so little bandwidth it shouldn't matter. 

[Bayonett Priest]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Audio has so little bandwidth it shouldn't matter. 

damn thanks for the info

[Senzelian]

USB 2.0 has a theoretical max. bandwith of around 40MB/s.
USB 3.0 has a theoretical max. bandwith of around 500MB/s.

 

Your typical pc audio stream does only require a max. bandwith of 576KB/s or 0.576MB/s.

In short: It doesn't matter. 

[Bayonett Priest]

Just now, Senzelian said:

USB 2.0 has a theoretical max. bandwith of around 40MB/s.
USB 3.0 has a theoretical max. bandwith of around 500MB/s.

 

Your typical pc audio stream does only require a bandwith of 576KB/s or 0.576MB/s.

In short: It doesn't matter. 

Danke

[Timotheus2]

What does matter is clean power over usb. A noisy power supply can generate noise in bus powered microphones.

[Bayonett Priest]

Just now, Timotheus2 said:

What does matter is clean power over usb. A noisy power supply can generate noise in bus powered microphones.

yea am buying the corsair RMX850 80+gold! should be clean enough!?

[Timotheus2]

Tier 1... sounds good

[Bayonett Priest]

23 minutes ago, Timotheus2 said:

Tier 1... sounds good

just looked my current one has the be quiet! System Power 700 Watt (80+bronze)

but its already 4 years old

[AAJoe]

Keep in mind the USB port may have more or less noise, unrelated to the USB 2 vs 3 status. So best thing to do is always test every USB port for noise.

[Mira Yurizaki]

The source of noise either has to happen at the microphone itself where the ADC is, the DAC at the output, or both. Anywhere in between is in the digital domain and noise should not affect the quality of the audio.

 

(Crap, I didn't want this to be my 15Kth post. Oh well)

Edited September 17, 2018 by M.Yurizaki