[LAU] Spdif cable

rosea.grammostola rosea.grammostola at gmail.com
Sat Nov 13 11:47:39 UTC 2010


On 11/08/2010 08:03 PM, Brett McCoy wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:57 PM, rosea.grammostola
> <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com>  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.
>
>    
I have now this one:
http://www.hqproducts.com/eng/products/audiovideo/audioconnection/page_1/artl_HQSS3471/1.5

But it has one 'connector' instead of the spdif inputs of my soundcards 
(red | white).

\r



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