With a vast array of technologies and our 40+ years in the specialist cable market, we produce cables to suit every budget to maximise the potential of your beloved system. Coaxial cables look and operate much like traditional RCA jacks, which are favored for their ruggedness and durability.

In this instance the Performance cable uses Oxygen Free Copper conductors and twin electrical screening for enhanced signal integrity. Assuming they're broadly similar, my thought was, do the conversion close to the source but I'm a total noob so that could be nonsense. Retain the quality of your digital audio by using a quality cable with shielding, low jitter and good conductivity. While 20 years ago these sorts of misconceptions about digital signals were understandable, today it should be common knowledge that digital interference is not the same as analog interference and behaves completely differently. I could be mistaken, but my impression is that analog signals, especially unbalanced, low level signals, are susceptible to noise whereas digital signals, especially optical, are not.

Optical cables tend to be more fragile than their coax counterparts; optical cables can't be pinched or bent tightly, for example. This cable connects wired devices together to the local network for file sharing and Internet access. Question is -- is it 'better' to use the DAC in the player, or the DAC in the receiver for CD playback? Digital coaxial connections are commonly found on many devices such as blu-ray, DVD, Sky boxes, computers, DACs and many more.

You’ve seen the sockets, you’ve probably bought the relevant audio cables, but which digital audio connection should you be using? Klarna Bank AB (publ) is Authorised by the Swedish Financial Services Authority (Finansinspektionen) and is subject to limited regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority. oxygen free copper for minimised signal attenuation, True 75-ohm characteristic impedance co-axial construction for low jitter data transmission, precision engineered RCA plugs with integrated user grip, six-leaf 24k gold ground ring for a stable ground connection, plus twin electrical screening for enhanced signal integrity.The QED design principle is to use a top down approach so this Performance cable shares many of the design characteristics of the top of the range Signature cable. g. laptops, Google Chromecast Audio with SPDIF output, often a combined stereo and optical output are used, in the form of a MiniJack/MiniToslink connector. The dual input functionality also doubles up as a repeater, great for extending digital audio signals over longer distances that can’t be reached using only one digital coaxial or Toslink cable.