Re: [LAU] Spdif cable

From: rosea.grammostola <rosea.grammostola@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Nov 08 2010 - 21:20:30 EET

On 11/08/2010 08:03 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:57 PM, rosea.grammostola
> <rosea.grammostola@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>
>> Hmm reading a bit through this link http://delta.brainiac.com/deltasync.html
>>
>> "Note about SPDIF cables, these cables are not the same type of cabling used
>> for analog audio, the internal resistance of the cable is different than for
>> analog audio. Although analog RCA may appear to work, it is not reliable.
>> Examples of SPDIF cables can be found at www.hosatech.com"
>>
>> I just bought a cable for experimenting a bit with spdif. But apparently I
>> didn't bought the right one, but a 'normal' audio cable...
>>
> Yep, you need the kind of cable labeled "digital coax", like the ones
> used for connecting a DVD player's digital output to a surround sound
> receiver's digital input. They have RCA connectors but don't work well
> as analog audio cables, and vice versa -- analog audio cables don't
> work well as digital audio cables.
>
>
HQAS3611 I have here... hmm

Thanks.

\r
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