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Spdif cable

I'm entirely new to the DAC game. I purchased a mint W4S DAC-1 here on A'gon. Using Belden 1694 A cable with Canare "75" ohm male rca's. Total cable cost- for 5 feet, was $19 including shipping. I'm very pleased with the DAC-1 and the cable, and before someone reminds me that the search function is my friend I wonder if I'm loosing anything using a decidedly low cost spdif cable, or us this truly bits is bits?

Any specific spdif cable suggestion for a W4S DAC? You can see my system profile to see what I'm running.

Thanks!
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steakster
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As usual, Kijanki's response is accurate and informative. My brief response is that every digital cable I've used in my system (transport to dac) has affected the sound one way or another - sometimes dramatically.
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kijanki
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Steakster, thank you. Your experience, most likely greater than mine, is very valuable showing practical cases. I often see technical merits in audio but audio seems to be like black magic. Your practical experience gives many people a chance to improve their sound quality.
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mapman
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No two anything are ever exactly the same, but in practice, I do not notice much difference using different digital cables, though it is certainly always a possibility in any particular case, especially when noise factors as mentioned come more into play.

I notice much more difference in general with analog ICs and recently even with power cords on DACs where I think noise factors are often a bigger issue.

I'd consider the effect a power cord like Pangea ac-14 designed to address source level noise issues specifically might have compared to digital IC, which is a much tougher call I'd say.
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