Here's an interesting post from Sean Adams, back in 2005, on the subject: seanadams;39192 Wrote: > ...Personally I find it unfortunate that S/PDIF was ever specified to > run over coax copper in the first place. There are some who claim it's > better than fiber for various reasons, but all empirical data says that > optical S/PDIF is FAR more reliable, works over longer distances, and > delivers measurably lower jitter at the receiver. It also inherently > isolates ground offset, low frequency and EMI noise between devices. > The only good reason to use coax is if you don't have an optical cable > or an optical input available, which is primarily why we have the > connector there...
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