Do these adapters also work on digital cables? I'm in the market for a newer CD/DVD player but a lot of them... like the OPPO's only have a coaxial digitial connection... and my digital cable is an XLR. Will an adapter alow me to use the digital XLR cable connected to the coaxial connection?
Comparing Perf: Original XLR v. RCA- XLR adapter
I would be grateful for feedback on any potential performance difference between an original Balanced (XLR) high end Interconnect (e.g. Kubala Sosna Emotion) and the same cable originally RCA ended but fitted with high quality XLR adapters to meet the needs of balanced gears (preamps and amps) with no RCA options. The entire system is high end.
Thank You.
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Raks -- No, I would not recommend doing that. Your xlr digital cable is most likely a 110 ohm aes/ebu cable, while the oppo's coaxial digital connection is undoubtedly a 75 ohm spdif interface. That impedance mismatch will cause substantial waveform degradation, resulting in greatly increased jitter and perhaps even mis-clocking. Matching of the "characteristic impedance" of a cable to the output impedance of the source device and the input impedance of the load device is not important at analog audio frequencies, but it is highly important for digital signals. The following thread may be of interest: http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?ddgtl&1253115041 Regards, -- Al |
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