With my Bel Canto DAC2 I noticed a marked improvement with a coax
(Stereovox HDVX) over an optical (Wireworld Supernoca III+). With my
new Lavry DA10 no real difference that I can detect.
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Markhh2
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I have to say ...there is very little difference in sound between cheap
and expensive digital ic ,as there is between good and poor ones [note
the distiction]...
I've posted a simple design on the diy section thats as good as 90% on
the market ..at a fraction of the cost.
the only things that
Just go out and buy yourself some Belden 1800F cable, add decent XLR or
RCA connectors and you've got all you need.
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egd
http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_transporter.html?
http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/shopbycable/1800F.htm
http://www.atc.gb.net/homeamplifier/sca2.html
Phil Leigh;215495 Wrote:
Actually that's not quite true - it is an analogue representation of a
digital signal and so there is some work to do at the receiving end to
recover a true digital signal.
Well, so much for keeping simple for the poor guy. Yes, if one wants
to delve that deeply
You might want to read up a little on S/PDIF. What you're saying about
error correction is valid for asynchronous digital transmission
standards such as TCP/IP. However S/PDIF is synchronous - that is it's
sent at a steady rate in real time - and there is no error correction.
Not only that,
Both types of Digital cables transfer digital data, not analogue sound
waves, so under normal conditions, it is technically impossible for one
to sound better than the other. Either the 1s and 0s will get there
or they won't. It's just data. It's then up to the processor in the
reciever to
Murph;215481 Wrote:
Both types of Digital cables transfer digital data, not analogue sound
waves, so under normal conditions, it is technically impossible for one
to sound better than the other. Either the 1s and 0s will get there
or they won't. It's just data. It's then up to the
you could try my relatively cheap diy cable recipe...its in the diy
section !
if you build using silver there should be some audible gains over the
standard [often crappy] digital cables on the market...
I prefer coax to optical ..even glass toslink sound thin when compared
to even the modest
Here's an excellent source for cheap, good-quality cables. Most of them
are $10 - $20 and very well-made:
http://www.cablewholesale.com/prodpages/audiovideoproducts.htm
They also offer lots of longer lengths, for not much more money.
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Pale Blue Ego
Unless you have a ultra highend system and have done everything else to
optimize it and and pretty much al components are end off the road
components i wouldent worry about cables for one second.
Many people buy ultra expensiv cables based on ads and here a
improvment but when the installe
Digital cables are much more an issue of what DAC you have, not what
digital source. Your DAC may have a better receiver for toslink vs
coax, for example. You may have earthing issues, which might favour
toslink. Or it may be well-designed enough for it not to matter.
However, I agree with
Now that I finally own an SB3 which I am very impressed with, I am
currently using the coax digital out. I am no longer sure which cable
to use. I thought coax was the perferred choice but am now hearing
glass toslink is superior. Has anyone made their own expensive
comparisons between cables and
Nick77 wrote:
Now that I finally own an SB3 which I am very impressed with, I am
currently using the coax digital out. I am no longer sure which cable
to use. I thought coax was the perferred choice but am now hearing
glass toslink is superior. Has anyone made their own expensive
comparisons
Any 75 ohm cable will do fine.
If you want to spend more go ahead.
If you buy some of the more expensive cables some have the grip of
death and may break the connector on the squeeze box.
Totol nonsense toslink is better or worse.
Now if you work up a good sweat on hot day swapping cables yes
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