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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    'Cos it will sound cack

    Adaptors of any kind, on a signal lead (especially such a critical one as this), are about the worst possible bottleneck you can introduce into a system! Avoid at all costs.

    However, Geoff, you'll only get the full benefits of BNC, if you do it throughout, by replacing the RCA socket on your Allo Digione or DAC (whichever item currently isn't fitted with a BNC socket), and then fit a BNC plug at both ends of your respective cable.

    That's the only way of doing the job properly

    Marco.
    The Digione has two outputs: BNC and RCA phono. My Caiman SEG does not have a BNC. My main reason for taking the route I have is that I have my Digione atop the Caiman. I have some very high quality RCA cables but they are simply too long or too stiff to bend sharply through 180 degrees (it it quite a tight arc). I am hoping that this cable is more flexible and that when cut to 20cm or thereabouts will make a neat cabling solution. If it doesn't sound as good as the 1m RCA cable that I am currently using then only pennies lost!

    Geoff

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    Yup, I get that, and it's a good plan. However, it would be interesting fitting a BNC socket on the Caiman, and therefore 'going all BNC'. Perhaps that's something Stan could do, if there's enough room on the case?

    IMO, if so, you'd likely achieve a notable sonic upgrade.

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