Reply to Is my cable length between my soundcard and Macbook affecting latency?

Hey all,

So I just upgraded my old laptop to an Oct 2011 Macbook Pro hoping for better latency in Traktor.

However, I'm only really gaining about 1 ms better latency. Any lower and I get pops and crackles in audio whilst cuing with timecode vinyl using an Audio 8.

The only thing I can believe of that it might be is that I'm using a 1.5 meter cable between the Macbook and my sound card. I've heard that shorter is better (goes without saying really) but would the shorter cable really make that much difference, or do I just have to deal with the fact that I'll have pops and crackles for the rest of my life no matter what hardware I use?

Thanks in advance guys.