Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] External DAC for mastering use?
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Tue Mar 23 2004 - 12:34:59 EET
On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 10:27:02 +0000, Daniel James wrote:
> Currently its about 18 miles away, but I might convert a building in
> the garden for recording purposes. Do you know what the limitations
> on the length of S/PDIF cables are?
I think coax spdif is limited to something on the order of 10m, Toslink
might be further, but if you convert to 110ohm AES/EBU over 3core XLR you
can get a few hundred meters and still be in spec:
http://www.ebu.ch/trev_t3250.pdf
- Steve
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