Herro,
All this discussion about optical cables has got me thinking. Why use an
optical cable for digital audio connections at all? I know they are
impervious to electromagnetic interference, but is that really such a
problem in a cable less than a metre long? And since the transmission is
digital, is the lack of interference so crucial? My computer, which
transmits loads of data down SCSI, IDE, even parallel and phone cables, gets
by fine with plain old wires.
Is it something to do with Toslink error correction, or is it just a fun new
tech for all the first adopters amongst us? Is there really much difference
between optical and co-ax digital connections in home audio use?
Questions, questions....
Alan
(who as a journalist is more than happy to be corrected by one of the
techier list members...)
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Sent: 16 January 2000 04:16
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Subject: Re: MD: quality of optical cables
I stand corrected. The SPDIF signal is indeed different.
Ok everybody - forget the experiment (but do send pictures of your
gold-plated optical connectors).
Grover
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