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Short coax digital cable: qed audioquest ricabl

Hi everyone
Need a short coaxial digital cable to connect amplifier and Cdp, both Cambridge audio. Cd has no dac, just mechanic, dac is in the amp.
1 meter max.

One school goes it's digital, cable makes no difference, spend the last possible. Second school thinks even short cables matter and there are quality cables.

So far I have the Audioquest Forest 0,75m, their entry level, for which I spent 25 €.
I am tempted by Qed Performance, which cost around €60.

I also discovered this: http://www.ricable.com/coaxial-hi-end.html
which seems very good, but not so popular. What do you think. Would this bring improvement over the Audioquest Forest?

Othesr swear by mogami. Others to qed.
Ideas?
thanks
lorcar
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mofimadness
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I agree with Kijanki about the 1.5M length. Al (Almarg) has several excellent posts on here about this very thing.

IIRC, the recommended length is 6-8 inches or 1.5 meters.
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tls49
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Also agree with Kijanki, and this is the technical reason.
zd542
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I would just use the AQ cable that you already have. If you have any 75ohm video cables, experiment and see if you can hear any difference.
lorcar OP
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i had seen other threads mentioning minimum length. Then I wonder why cable producers seem to ignore that...And I assume they have good technician working for them
zd542
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The only person that can be trusted is you. And that's not because everyone's out to steer you wrong. Different people with different systems get different results with the same product. You can give me a cable that makes no difference in your system, and it may sound different in mine.
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