I used a generic Amazon cable and then upgraded to DH Labs and lastly Shunyata Sigma. Each step was a marked improvement. DH labs was the best value. They have a money back trial period.
SPDIF Coax cable recommendation?
Hello,
I'm looking for a recommendation for a coax spdif digital cable.
It will be feeding a Border Patrol SE-i DAC ...either directly from an Ifi Zen Stream (for now) ...or from a Denefrips Iris DDC.
The rest of the system is warm.
Ifi Zen Stream > Denefrips Iris > Border Patrol Dac OR Denefrips Ares ii Dac > Van Alstine RB10 tube preamp > Van Alstine SET 120 power amp OR Oliver Says 2a3 SET power amp > Fritz Carbon 7 SE mkII loudspeakers
Specifically looking for a rather short cable if possible . The stream is very close to the DAC...so a somewhat flexible cable would be good.
Also, in keeping with the high value components of the system, I'm not looking for a very expensive or exotic cable.
Thank you
JS
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I would advise to get the best you can under your perceived budget. $200(?) First thoughts for under $200 would be something from Silnote, Audio Envy, Moon Audio, Zavfino, Morrow Audio. Second thought if you wanted [much] cheaper (in agreement with AGD above) are the Blue Jeans cable, Supra, or maybe Mogami. If you could wait a few weeks for delivery (and didn’t have any other ’concerns’) - would be to try Chinese Nordost Valhalla or Odin knock-offs. Good cable choices generally won’t usually turn a decent $5K system into a great $50K one, but lousy/wrong cables can turn a decent system into one that is just average - or worse, almost unlistenable. (Although admittedly a digital/SPDIF cable less so). |
Acoustic Zen MC2 is great. DH Labs would be my second choice. |
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