Phil Leigh;358871 Wrote: > In all seriousness, I suggest you order a 1.5m (this length is important > - 1m is too short) BlueJeans Belden 1694a spdif coax cable - it will > cost peanuts (well OK - about £20+).
Well, Phil, I did order one and it arrived today. You may be right. My initial impression, listening to piano music, is that the sound is cleaner and the "ambiance" around the piano is more convincing. Yes, very subtle and subjective observations. Stan Beresford himself is sceptical: he knows many prefer an electrical coupling between SB and his DAC, but as he will say is that his DAC does improve the SB. So there you have it. And I have the cable. At I least determined that the electrical connection was not worse that the optical, and I now have a spare optical for the PC (the other is needed for the Virgin Media Box.) In a couple of weeks I will send my 6/3 back to Stan for upgrade to 6/4, and we will see where that gets us. Thanks for the tip, Phil. -- Labarum Brian Beresford DAC - Quad 405-2 refurbished by 405man - Quart 980s German Tower Loudspeakers. FLAC through Foobar, XP and ASIO Squeezebox 3 Classic Virgin Cable Box No FM reception for Quad tuner - but both digital radio sources are better ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labarum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19963 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54947
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