Hi
Totally new to this kind of cable and just how its 'quality' might affect the transfer of 0s and 1s... Any heads up on a good cable that won't break the bank? Thanks!
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Location: Glasgow/Italy
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I'm Drew.
Digital AES/EBU xlr cables
Hi
Totally new to this kind of cable and just how its 'quality' might affect the transfer of 0s and 1s... Any heads up on a good cable that won't break the bank? Thanks!
Last edited by da2222; 19-11-2018 at 18:28.
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Location: Warrington
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I'm Neil.
Here you go: http://www.bluejeanscable.co.uk/stor...udio/index.htm
You want a single Belden 1800F cable.
Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.
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Location: Glasgowshire
Posts: 9,663
I'm Gary.
Belden's a good 'un.
Unfortunately you can improve on it, but its not cheap.
System and/or sanity dependent of course.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
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