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Anker 8in1, Kingston Nucleum, USB-A power
Apple sucks. Just to upgrade to a new iPad Pro requires an electrical engineering degree, which the proliferation of posts here seems to bear out. I think I have my mind headed in the right direction, but I'm having a hard time finding definitive answers about whether either of the two hubs in the title of this post provide enough power to the USB-A ports to power external USB drives, audio interfaces (that don't have their own power), or M-Audio keyboards.
The headphone jack problem is a different issue, which I'll be researching separately.
I understand about needing a charger that provides 100W, that's kind of a given. But will this PD power also provide the requirements of USB-A drives/interfaces/keyboards? If not, will I need a powered USB-A hub for those things (with the USB-A hub plugged into the Anker/Kingston)?
[As for the headphone jack problem, I have a Focusrite Scarlett on the desktop that has a headphone jack. I've seen references here to the issue of the iPad's internal audio conflicting with a second audio destination (like the Scarlett?).]
I beg forgiveness from all the previous posters about these issues.
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You'll be fine a decent quality pd capable usbc interface will have no problem supplying power to your peripherals.. I can stack loads of devices onto mine basically every port filled and operating normally.. and yeah the iPads audio output defaults to the last audio device in the chain so if you plug an audio interface in that's where the sound will come from and go into, and for the record, I use a hyperdrive 6 in 1 adapter with an Anker 4 port usb 3 hub plugged into the usb a socket, no additional power needed..
You could save yourself a ton of money by just getting a USB 3 hub with a 5v input and connect a powerbank to it. The two hubs you mention have HDMI connections you probably don't need, and PD power is one of the least cost-effective ways of supplying power to peripherals, due to the cost of the required charger.
Unless you really need some of the specific features offered by those hubs (in which case of course they make sense) you are better off with a cheap $15 hub, if all you need to connect are audio interfaces and MIDI controllers.
I posted a pretty detailed thread on all the options, in case you haven't seen it:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/52956/usb-c-everything-you-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask
Also this post further down that thread specifically addresses the Apple headphone adapter:
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/comment/1142524/#Comment_1142524