IME the benefits of AES/EBU (100ohm balanced) over SPDIF or TOSLINK for distances less than 5 meters are not audible. Even then, it's not a audio quality degradation so much as the fact that the clock recovery CAN get flaky. YMMV. I certainly wouldn't be swayed for/against a product by its inclusion or exclusion, personally.
I have used all these interfaces extensively (and other non-domestic ones such as TDIF) in a studio environment. The claimed benefit of AES/EBU (better RF rejection) is moot against Toslink... Of course some people just think that Toslink is bad - period. Wonder what they would make of the fact that a lot of album tracks are done using ADAT Lightpipe which (essentially) is a super-dooper multitrack Toslink? Interestingly, AES3id (75ohm BNC+unbalanced coax) is arguably the best connection from a technical standpoint but is rarely discussed on this forum. However I suppose most of us don't have to run 50 meter digital lines! -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... ...SB3+TACT+Altmann+MF DACXV3/Linn tri-amped Aktiv 5.1 system and some very expensive cables ;o) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38637 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
