Phil Leigh Wrote: > Well, if you imagine the coax SPDIF to be a variable mark/space pulse > train at high frequency, then it can be affected by almost > anything...cables, termination etc. Certainly noise can be injected > into it which could alter its interpretation. If you are dubious, try > using a long (>10m?), very cheap HDMI cable and revel in the "digital > snow" on your hi-def TV. This is basically the same thing, but it is > more obvious because: > 1) it's much easier to see "noise" than it is to hear it > 2) HDMI is much greater bandwith (2Ghz?) so is more sensitive to cable > quality, termination and so on > > Now we could have some fun here, but I think that SPDIF is more fragile > than HDMI... > > Ironically, it was my experiments with HDTV that finally convinced me > that digital audio signals need a lot of TLC, and that they can easily > be "corrupted".
Alright - I see your point. Now the real question - why is it so hard to find a simple plug and play for about $20? -- MUCHO ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MUCHO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5121 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23200 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
