opinions vary, but the majority view is that optical is better over long distances--less prone to emi/rf interference. if you think about it, carriers use fiber optic to connect between cities and countries.
max length of toslink or coaxial digital cable without signal degradation?
I hope this is a fairly straight-forward question and doesn't involve too much subjective opinion.
I have an Oppo 203 in my video stack, quite separate from my audio stack. If I were to use the Oppo as a transport for a (hypothetical) DAC (sitting in the audio rack), I'd need perhaps an 8' cable to connect them.
Would that distance lead to signal degradation? Is one transmission mode superior to the other for these kinds of lengths?
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Just get one of these in the length you need. Better than glass. https://btpa.com/TOSLINK-XXX.html If you are really worried about degradation, put a reclocker like the Synchro-Mesh in-line. Then its a don't care. The reclocker will also provide galvanic isolation as well as upsampling to 24/96. Always use at least 1.25m length for coax: Steve N. Empirical Audio |
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