more from the 'Jim Lesurf school' of uk.rec.audio-ism:

In article , BWGames
wrote:
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:14:07 +0000 (UTC), in uk.rec.audio, Jim H
wrote:

more from the 'BWGames school' of uk.rec.audio-ism:

Does this transmit over standard phono cable or need a special
type?

Only if you belive the exotic cable salesmen! Any normal phono lead
should be fine, the quality of the cable for digital can be lower
even than for analogue.

Thanks - I've been putting standard phono in (2 for stereo and one
for video), so I only need one now for digital audio for my HTPC
setup.

Strictly speaking, the cable should have a 75 Ohm characteristic
impedance, and many phono leads intended for analog interconnects
won't have this impedance. That said, provided the cable is short
(metre or so) this is unlikely to give a problem.

I've never experianced any problems using them interchangeably, possibly
because some of my 'analog' cables are 75Ohm. Could this cause problems?

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