I intend to use the coaxial output on my CDP to feed digital signal to my MD player. Can anyone tell me which interconnect I should used? What is a coaxial (digital cable) interconnect?. A friend told me that a normal RCA interconnect will do the job, is it true??
A regular rca cable will work but it's not recommended. Yes, coaxial digital has rca's, but the spec. calls for a 75 ohm cable. The cheapest route is to use a decent VIDEO cable because it is the correct 75 ohm impedence. You can also use a high end digital cable, but my video cables work just great for me with my 2 DAT machines.
Hate to spoil the tweaker's party, but Radio Shack sells 75 ohm shielded video cable for $3.95. I've compared this cable with the StraightWire Silver Link and the Tara video cables and found no discernable difference in sound quality. As much as we would like to make a digital signal as arcane as an analog signal, hard science offers no foundation for the argument. 75 ohms resistance is all you need. Cheers.
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