warm digital cable

Seek warmth elsewhere.

AQ VDM 5...not sure if it SOUNDS warm, but it's heavy and shiny and has lots of silver in it, and I like to take it out of the system and feel it sometimes. It's become a close friend. It seems to like me.

mapman, you make an interesting point.

however, what happens earlier in the chain--turntable/arm/cart. or cd source, exerts the greatest affect upon the sound of a stereo system. although, you can always get a conrad johnson mv 125 amp and have as much warmth as you like.

Cardas neutral ref is warm but the Zu Ash mk3 is more detailed. Both are better than stereovox vx2. The black cat may be worth a listen tho as its from the same guy as the illuminati, stereovox and Kimber

I'd question whether any digital cable has a signature sound that is evident in general from application to application. Jitter is the one thing that can affect sound that can be attributed to a digital cable, and even in this case the actual results will vary from setup to setup. If you hear a difference fro one digital cable to another, I'd be willing to bet it is a result of jitter. I have no idea what characteristics of a digital cable could be used to determine whether the resulting sound is warm or not. Maybe certain jitter characteristics could translate to a "warmer" sound. But if so that is a not a good thing. Jitter is a form of distortion associated with the time dimension. You always want to minimize jitter for best sound, ie get the timing of the D/A process correct, not use it to flavor the sound.