pfarrell Wrote: > On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 16:10 -0800, LavaJoe wrote: > > seanadams Wrote: > > > Personally I lean towards optical - if you think timing and signal > > > integrity are important in hi-fi, imagine high-capacity > > > inter-continental telecom - there's a reason it's all fiber. :) > > > Back in the Early 90s, > >[snip] > > The sales guy was very convinced that coax was far superior to > toslink. > > It was probably true back then, especially at consumer prices. > In the late 90s, home theater drove a lot of improvements > in the whole toslink space. I'd be surprized if there > is still the "far superior" difference. But YMMV and all that. > Plus coax lets you spend $200 for a "digital cable" > ahahahaha. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
When I bought my current speakers in 1984 (Advent Legacy models), an emblem on the box said, "Digital Ready." That made me laugh even back then! Gosh, good to have speakers that can handle a CD player...! BTW, I just refoamed the woofers in these speakers (they were suffering from the dry rot of the surround foam that happens to all speakers, I just learned), and they sound fine again. Yeah, I could do better, but it's good to make these old guys last a bit longer! -- LavaJoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LavaJoe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18772 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
