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In the Forum: Didital Things
In the Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player
Post Subject: Look both waysPosted by jessie.dazzle on: 9/29/2008
Scooter wrote :
"...I think it is highly unlikely that a dedicated audiophile CD player will be beat by a home-brewed or commercially available music server...Upon further listening and research, it is clear that the $10 composite fiber optic cable I am using is a bit short on bandwidth and that the Toslink-Mini adapter is probably introducing some additional jitter and data loss..."
Before spending the cash for a nice optical cable (you can always get one later), check how far you are from a Wavelength Audio dealer. If there's one near by, get him to lend you a Cosecant USB DAC (not the Brick) and a $3 Bel-kin-hul USB cable.
"...I found the following quality quartz cable but it only comes in 1.5m lengths, which is way too short for me..."
http://www.vandenhul.com/p_B42.aspx
For a short period, I had no choice but to use a 6 ft USB cable (a standard length). Result : Absolutely no discernable loss in quality compared to a 3 ft cable.
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