radish Wrote:
> We weren't talking optical vs coax, we were talking CD vs HDD, that's
> what the original quote was ("HDDs are better than CDs because
> electrical/magnetic is easier than electrical/optical").
Ah. I thought we were: > The reason I've heard from some engineers is that
the conversion process
> from one medium to another (eg. optical to electrical) is where there is
> the greatest probability of adding jitter. With coax, everything stays
> electrical, but with toslink, the signal must be converted from
> electrical to optical and back.
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