darrell wrote: > Good piece! > > Your experiment in using one half of an analogue interconnect as a > coaxial digital cable is particularly interesting to me, as I use one > half of a 3 or 4 metre analogue interconnect to connect my Touch to my > DAC, because it's the only cable I own which is long enough (I want my > Touch on my coffee table, where I can, er... touch it). The cable was > £10 GBP I think for the stereo pair. (Radio Shack/Maplin or similar, I > can't remember, it used to link my Nicam TV to my amp before the digital > era.) > > The only "audiophile approved" digital cable I own is a QED one, (£35 > GBP), and I've tried that, as well as a basic optical cable, and my > informal testing (no ABX or measurements!) shows no difference. But then > I suppose, to be sure, I should see if there is a difference between > using the left as opposed to right half of my cable :). I can say, > however, that the music is strangely unsafisfying when I connect the > left channel of the cable to my Touch and the right channel to my DAC - > what could be going on here? ;)
Dunno about that right-left issue, but I think if you investigate the directional flow issue, you would see that there is only *one* correct direction. Connecting backwards and you're sure to be hearing curtains between you and the music. Just ask the guys running that cable ad... They'll set you straight! :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950
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