opaqueice;194622 Wrote: 
> Not much, I suspect.  The received wisdom among audiophiles is that
> impedance mismatches in interconnect cables can lead to reflections,
> which in turn contribute to jitter.  However most people discussing
> this seem to have transmission lines in mind (where this is in fact a
> real concern).  S/PDIF along a 1 meter interconnect is very, very far
> from that regime.  To a good approximation the voltage is the same
> everywhere along the cable, and there are no standing waves or
> reflections.  Still, even very small amounts of jitter can sometimes be
> audible, so I suppose it's possible there is sometimes an audible effect
> in extreme cases, like very long cable runs.
> 

opaqueice, you seem fairly well versed but this statement is wrong. It
most certainly *IS* a transmission line. And of course you can have
ringing. I don't know how much this particular mod really helps. But in
theory it most certain could help.


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