Digital Coaxial Cable 75 ohms choices

Hi Timo. Just shows how very system dependent digital coax can be. In my system (Theta Data III and GenVa) the Canare sounded pleasantly warm, but muffled and dynamically constrained compared with the Kimber 2020.

Tried the Canare (rca), Transparent Premium Coaxial (rca), Purist Audio Proteus (balanced), and the Tranpsarent Music link digital (balanced). The best of them is the Purist Audio Proteus used in balanced with the Forsell D/A and the Sonic Frontiers SFT-1 transport. My problem now is to find a SFT-1 since the one I'm using is borrowed from a friend.

My tests with digital coax provided much the same results as posted by Ferdinand. The Purist was the winner in every test, and I had both the RCA and balanced versions. The tests between the two versions of the Purist resulted in the single ended edging out the balanced. That result could easily reverse, even with the same two pieces of Purist, auditioned in another high end system. In response to Timo, I have to agree with Redkiwi on the Canare. I understand the desire for inexpensive digital coax, but if you must go that route, try the (professional) Belden precision video cable, version 5881. It is only $1.00 a foot and beats the Canare and even some of the brand name wire. The other factor here on do it yourself coax is the quality of the connector, the type and brand of solder and the quality of your assembly. It can literally reverse the results between two wires!

Albertporter you are whetting my appetite to try some Purist cables. I doubt anyone here in NZ carries them, but maybe West Island (some call it Australia) has some.

Redkiwi, contact me via e-mail, I think I can help you with this, and would be extremely happy to do so!