UMIK-1 USB Cable Recommendation

[Allan S]

I just bought a USB C UMIK-1 but need a 15’ cable to reach the primary listening position. My preference is to buy a 15’ USB A / USB C cable but I’m not finding many options over 10’. Alternatively I could buy a 10’ USB A extension but would rather avoid the added connection if possible.

Any thoughts or recommendations for a cable would be most appreciated. Monoprice has a $2 extension but there’s something about plugging a $2 cable into a $100 mic that just seems wrong.

Thank you.

 

[skid00]

Longer cables won't work, or will sporadic. I went back to a 6' cable. I use an MS Surface laptop PC, and put it on a stool, with the mic on a tripod, or hand-held.

 

[AudiocRaver]

I use my UMIK-1 with a buffered extension with no problems.

 

[Allan S]

Thank you. I’d got the same advice from Deer Creek Audio about longer cables an/or extensions. But I hadn‘t heard of a buffer cable before. I‘m going to need a lap top eventually anyway so may consider one sooner than later.

 

[LCSeminole]

I've been using a 15ft USB A extension(pretty sure it was a Monoprice buy) for over four years now with my UMIK-1 that I bought from Cross Spectrum Labs. No problems what-so-ever.

 

[rvsixer]

I used an old generic passive 3m USB extension cable connected to the 2m cable supplied with the UMIK-1, while creating an SPL map of my new HT room. Worked fine no issues at all.

USB max cable/extension lengths and going beyond them:
USB-Cable-Length-Limitations-And-How-To-Break-Them_ep_42-1.html

 

[DanDan]

5M USB Ext Cable no problems.