Truly amazed

[Reid Malenfant]

My grey ones are supposed to be 'composite video' cables, they do the job just fine!

They would do perfectly well for digital cables as well Chris, again video needs a 75ohm specific impedance so in effect they are both

Cheers Mark, that's a relief as he's already dispatched the second one

So what if any would be the difference between the white digital coax, and the white analogue...apart from the fact that analogue would come as a pair

The wording on the box, or something more fundamental

I guess it depends on the internal design. With a digital or video cable they are really stuck with just a standard layout with a centre conductor & outer screen both connected at each end. Because audio cables do not need to have any specific impedance the manufacturers are free to mess about with alternative designs

[WAD62]

The 'new' grey ones appear to be the same contsruction as the 'old' white ones (which were different to the 'old' grey ones). As far as I'm aware, all the white analogue ones are the same (the picture Will posted is the white digital co-ax, which isn't the same construction as the white analogue cable). I've got white ones with and without the construction shown on the box.

Are the 'new' grey ones designated AD80300qnXM (where 'X' is 1, 2 or 5 depending on the length)?

Grey 2.4M; The selling code/barcode is labelled as AV50300ea08, so it doesn't conform to your mask

White 1M; Selling Code is AD80100qn1M, which does fit the format

[The Grand Wazoo]

They would do perfectly well for digital cables as well Chris, again video needs a 75ohm specific impedance so in effect they are both

Yes, it works fine in all applications I've tried, I was just trying to reassure Will a bit!

[WAD62]

Yes, it works fine in all applications I've tried, I was just trying to reassure Will a bit!

Thanks to both of you, it's only £9, but it's more the principle...

Now then, I might have yet again blundered myself into a positive situation

Prior to using a Squeezebox to feed my DAC, I ran a BNC/BNC cable between my CD player and DAC (Audiolab CDM/DAX).

Currently this is being used with a BNC/RCA adaptor at the SqueezeBox end, presumably the use of the adaptor removes any benefits of the BNC connection...or does it? And if so might I not be better off using the Belkin Coax instead, with an RCA/BNC adaptor.

FYI the DAX has 3 BNCs, 3 Toslinks, and one AES/EBU which I currently use for the CDM

Cheers in advance for all the help

[Effem]

That's a possibility although as Frank said ( post gone ?) they are a bit fiddly to fit.
Not cheap even in fairly large quantities, they are good though.

Mark.

My comment was post #220 Mark.

I have a couple of silver cables here fitted with Profi's and one has already fallen apart after light usage I don't rate them at all to be honest and the ones I have here were left over from a retermination job I did last year converting some very long Audio Synthesis cables into 1m sets which drove me demented after the first set, so I used some other plugs which were easier to fit and solder.

[Marco]

Hi Frank,

Lol - well the ones Mark has soldered for me on a pair of his cables are fine. And I've got DIY cables from Barry, with Neutriks on, and they're fine, so if the job's done right, I don't see there being a problem

My recommendation of them was solely on their sonic effectiveness, not how hard they are (or otherwise) to work with....

Mark, I'll comment later on the post you wrote

Marco.

[WAD62]

Right after yesterday's shambles lets try to make some sense of things...

The 2.4M Belkin grey is exceptionally good, fantastic for the price, but just not quite as good as the 0.5M Chord Chameleon, not quite the same detail, but most certainly not £110 worth of difference. I'm now using it to connect my AV amp to my Pre-Amp, which was my original intention.

I then tried the white 1M coax between my SqueezeBox and DAC with a maplins BNC adapter (a better one is on the way) at the DAC end, and what a noticeable improvement, a more realistic sound. The original BNC cable (see my earlier post) may have been OK with a BNC/BNC connection, but must have been compromised by using an adapter at the SqueezeBox end. (see my earlier post)

The white one is staying where it is, the second one I ordered will be saved for the next DAC

[Effem]

Hi Frank,

Lol - well the ones Mark has soldered for me on a pair of his cables are fine. And I've got DIY cables from Barry, with Neutriks on, and they're fine, so if the job's done right, I don't see there being a problem

My recommendation of them was solely on their sonic effectiveness, not how hard they are (or otherwise) to work with....

Marco.

Nae bother big man, I did say it was just my opinion

[Jac Hawk]

Well i got a set of the original white ones sent to me by kieth (cheers mate) so i set 2 identical cd players (pioneer pds503's)one with white cables the other with the grey ones up to my pioneer a400 amp, i ran 1 cd player from tape one and the other from tape two and used 2 identicle copies of Dire Straits Comunique as sample music, they are both the bloody same or if there is a difference i can't hear it.

[magiccarpetride]

Well i got a set of the original white ones sent to me by kieth (cheers mate) so i set 2 identical cd players (pioneer pds503's)one with white cables the other with the grey ones up to my pioneer a400 amp, i ran 1 cd player from tape one and the other from tape two and used 2 identicle copies of Dire Straits Comunique as sample music, they are both the bloody same or if there is a difference i can't hear it.

Good to hear