1.0 vs. 1.5 Meter Digital Cable

There is definitely an optimum length for digital cables. Couldn't tell you off the top of my head what it is, but you might check the older posts for the info.

Hi,
I did test the same cable at 1m & 1.5m in my system and my friend's and I didn't hear or notice any difference at all!
Rgds,
Ramesh

I think Martin DeWulf once published in Bound for Sound that 1.0m digital cable was preferable to 0.5m. He offered some technical reason about the signal flow that I don't recall, so I'd probably save the $$$ and go with the 1.0m over the 1.5m if it's long enough for your application.

Tim

I once owned and tested the Illumination D-60 cable: .5/M, 1/M, 1.5/M. I did not hear a difference. I have spoken to many audiophiles that say today, the shorter the better.

There is alot of contradictory info about this question, but as best I can gather it is for toslink cables that many people experience gains with 1.5 or 2meter cables. They claim that this has to do with stabilizing the early reflections of the lightpulses in the tube. For a regular electical signal like s/PDIF I have never heard a reasonable argument that longer cables can do anything but hurt. However, the standard was designed to accomodate cables up to 2 meters in length with no significant alteration of the signal. That said I use a 0.5m Illuminati D-60 and am very happy.