http://www.coderetard.com/2008/04/17/difference-between-coax-digital-and-rca-analog-cables/ Anything Geeky Goes! Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:40:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.coderetard.com/2008/04/17/difference-between-coax-digital-and-rca-analog-cables/#comment-11173 Steve Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:00:47 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=546#comment-11173 ummm...Ubersil. Digital audio signal will either work, or it will be more than just "a small loss in fidelity"...If the receiver is getting a degraded signal, it would be a miracle of science if the only 1's and 0's that got messed up were the ones responsible for sound's frequency content in the recorded signal...Unlike the degradation you hear with cheap analog cables, with digital, you would get audio drop outs, pops, and VERY obvious problems if the cable wasn't working properly. That is the true misconception about digital audio cabling... There are numerous technical papers on the web that explain this..We've even tested this in an acoustically treated room with very expensive Genelec monitors and several dog-chewed and dollar store cables. BUT...if you want to spend $150 on Monster Cables for digital signals...go right ahead... I have an excellent Monster IDE cable that will make your computer audio sound better too! ummm…Ubersil.
Digital audio signal will either work, or it will be more than just “a small loss in fidelity”…If the receiver is getting a degraded signal, it would be a miracle of science if the only 1’s and 0’s that got messed up were the ones responsible for sound’s frequency content in the recorded signal…Unlike the degradation you hear with cheap analog cables, with digital, you would get audio drop outs, pops, and VERY obvious problems if the cable wasn’t working properly.
That is the true misconception about digital audio cabling…
There are numerous technical papers on the web that explain this..We’ve even tested this in an acoustically treated room with very expensive Genelec monitors and several dog-chewed and dollar store cables.
BUT…if you want to spend $150 on Monster Cables for digital signals…go right ahead…
I have an excellent Monster IDE cable that will make your computer audio sound better too!

]]> http://www.coderetard.com/2008/04/17/difference-between-coax-digital-and-rca-analog-cables/#comment-5443 UberSil Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:59:11 +0000 http://www.coderetard.com/?p=546#comment-5443 There's unfortunately alot of misconception in this article. RCA cable burns out after long time usage as a digital cable, much like A/V cable replacing component video cable. Also beyond 3' coaxial cable begins to lose signal. Why this is I have no idea but it seems to occur across different receivers and players. For anything longer than 3' it is recommended that optical cable be used due to a lack of signal loss. However you might notice a small loss in fidelity. The likely reason that our beloved poster doesn't know these things (or has noticed them) is because he requires to pump at least $600 wholesale into some speakers that'll reflect these signs. There’s unfortunately alot of misconception in this article.
RCA cable burns out after long time usage as a digital cable, much like A/V cable replacing component video cable.
Also beyond 3′ coaxial cable begins to lose signal. Why this is I have no idea but it seems to occur across different receivers and players.
For anything longer than 3′ it is recommended that optical cable be used due to a lack of signal loss. However you might notice a small loss in fidelity.
The likely reason that our beloved poster doesn’t know these things (or has noticed them) is because he requires to pump at least $600 wholesale into some speakers that’ll reflect these signs.

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