BNC or Coax?


Hi Everybody.

In connecting a USB converter (like a Trends 10.1 or CryoParts Pop Pulse) to a DAC, is BNC better than coax?
mmarvin19
As Almarg says, coax is a cable. The name is a short form of "co-axial", which means that the central conductor and the woven shield share the same axis in cross-section.

Also as he says, you can fit an RCA connector or a BNC connector to a coaxial cable.

You could also fit twin-lead cable to an RCA connector but IME it would be a bit harder to do that with a BNC.

Other connector types can also be used with coax cable. Phone plugs for example.
BNC is the only true 75 ohm connector. SPDIF is not ( if that's what you meant by coax). Therefore, BNC is always better then RCA (SPDIF) for digital transmission.
kyomi_audio:
SPDIF (Sony Philips Digital InterFace if I recall) is the protocol transmitted across the cable, and is used whether the coaxial cable is terminated by RCA or BNC connectors.

The SPDIF protocol includes left and right channel audio data, flags (e.g. to indicate pre-emphasis), subcode information (e.g. track and disk/track time info), and clock.
Here is more information on the SPDIF protocol, which as Ghostrider45 indicates can be transmitted over coaxial cable that can be terminated with either RCA or BNC connectors (and can also be transmitted over optical cable):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPDIF

I wanted to add, in case it proves to be relevant, that RCA-to-BNC and BNC-to-RCA adapters are readily and cheaply available, although of course it is always good practice to avoid adapters where possible:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/408187-REG/Hosa_Technology_NBR_253_NBR253_BNC_to_RCA.html#features

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/517840-REG/Mace_F_BNC_M_RCA_F_BNC_M_RCA_BNC_to_RCA.html

Regards,
-- Al