Provos;319075 Wrote: > Since you have a receiver which probably has a decent optical in, and > the SB3 has a good quality optical out, the answer is YES you should > try a qualitiy optical cable. This cable should be glass rather than > plastic. The plastic ones can perform poorly. By using Toslink you gain > electrical isolation between your receiver and the SB, and you also are > immune to the effects of radio frequencies while in the cable, each > which may improve the sound. You may or may not notice a difference in > your system/room. > > Note that at high frequency transmissions optical cable is more > limited, but this is not a problem with the SB3 since it tops out at > 24bit/48k which the glass can handle with ease. Co-ax cable is a better > chioce if you need to do a long run, greater than about 1.5 meters, > since there is much greater attenuation of signal in the optical cable > over longer distances. > > I use a Cardas Lightening Digital co-ax cable or a Harmony Optical One > glass optical cable to connect my SB3 to my Channel Island DAC. I dont > hear any difference between them, they both sound great. I threw away > the plastic Toslink and RCA jumper cables that I used to use, because > they both sound dull and flat in comparison.
Provos, I personally also agree with everything you've said here - I would only add that with good glass Toslink, I think you can run a longer cable than 1.5m without problem... -- NewBuyer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49666 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
