Haven't ever seen the cables you're talking about, but beyond being able to
transmit a signal successfully, there's no real difference between optical
(or coax) cable A and cable B - if it gets the signal from the source to the
destination without introducing error (and I've yet to see a commercial
cable that couldn't), it's good enough. Anything above and beyond that, IN
TERMS OF SIGNAL QUALITY, is wasted money. I've seen a documented experiment
where a guy took a rusty coat hanger with RCA plugs alligator-clipped to
each end and used it as the digital audio link between his DVD and his
preprocessor - worked like a champ (his preprocessor showed 0% error rate on
the connection).
Having said that, it's nice to get an optical cable with a sturdy jacket,
to help prolong it's life crammed in with 50 other cables behind your hi-fi.
Not necessary, but nice.
Grant
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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 3:18 PM
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Subject: MD: optical cords!
can anyone ACTUALLY tell the difference between the cheap recoton optical
cords and the expensive sony and monster cable cords when recording
digitally using these cords???? has anyone actually tested out these cords
or am i just paying for a name brand??
thanks....
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