These cables aren't completely digital, since they need to plug into a PC
sound card. They have an optical connector on one end, and a 1/8" miniplug on
the other. The manufacturers and resellers imply that using your MD
recorder's optical input means better sound quality, but you've already
converted the signal to analog, by using a PC sound card in the first place.
This idea would only make sense if the output from the computer was still
digital; I've seen no evidence to suggest that this is the case. If the PC
output is analog, then, you've already introduced plenty of opportunity for
signal degradation, no matter which input you use on the recording end.
Dave.
David Witzany
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On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Matthew Wall wrote:
>
>re cable part of this post, if it's a digital cable it's digital and in all
>reality there really isn't much difference. not enough to charge for it
>anyway IMO.
>
>
>>
>> One last question, not directly related to any of the above. A recent
>post
>> complained about the amount of noise added to music when recorded off of a
>> computer. There are $50 cables out now that claim to be better for making
>> these kinds of recordings, especially copying MP3s from computer to MD.
>Has
>> anyone used one of these cables? Are they worth the investment?
>
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