Celander , my friend told me you can only use 75 ohm on rca not 110ohm, is there a risk using 110 ohm rca?
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Digital coax connections use 75-ohm cable; digital AES/EBU connections use 110-ohm cable. In principle, the both of these paralleled assemblies should have lower than optimal characteristic impedance. (To answer your specific question, the dual assemblies should have one-half the characteristic impedance of their single run counterparts.) In practice, however, both provided better SQ than a digital cable having the “true” characteristic impedance. I don’t pretend to understand the underlying theory for this result. |
Keep in mind that an RCA connector does not have a characteristic impendance of 75-ohms. Use a BNC connector if you want a connector with a true 75-ohm characteristic impedance. Problem is that most home audio transport and DAC separates have RCA connectors as their S/PDIF coaxial connection. The Canare RCA connectors are quite good for use in 75-ohm coax cables, but they are not true 75-ohm connectors (see the Bluejeans Cable article). http://www.canare.com/ProductItemDisplay.aspx?productItemID=40 http://www.bluejeanscable.com/articles/75ohmrca.htm |
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