At 16:14 16/01/00 +0000, you wrote:
<SNIP>
> > Coax is a lot cheaper... other than that... no.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> >
> > Magic
>
>I think another major factor may be to keep things straightforward. On a
>portable, where all the jacks are 3.5mm, it makes sense to keep the digital
>input as different as possible from the analogue.
>
>Thus people remember:
>
>Thin cables with red light light at the end = digital
>Metal jack plug with thick cable = analogue
>
>If you were doing electrical SP/DIF on a 3.5mm jack, imagine the potential
>confusion :)
>
>--
>Simon
Interestingly enough, my Philips DCC portable has only one 3.5mm jack input
socket, which can take line, mic, co-ax S/PDIF and optical S/PDIF. There is
a switch to select line/mic H/mic L/mic auto, and co-ax S/PDIF uses a jack
plug with 4 contacts on it instead of the usual 3.
I think this is far a far better method than my Sharp 722 MD portable, or
any other portable for that matter, as it allows maximum flexibility and
choice - optical cables are expensive and unneccessary - just another
gadget to get you to spend more cash :-)
The DCC also has line out and optical digital out on the same socket (but
no co-ax digital out), and has a separate headphone socket.
Cheers,
Wrighty
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