Digital v analogue cable

>
>>This may sound like a stupid question but have searched a range of forums
>>to
>>no avail.
>>
>>Have jsut purchased a new CD player which is the 1st I've owned with a
>>digital coax connection rather than analogue left & right.
>>
>>Interested to know which would be the best to use and why
>
> That entirely depends on the quality of the DAC in whatever you have
> the CD player connected to. Simple enough to set up a blind comparison
> in this case, and see if there actually is any *audible* difference -
> unlikely. BTW, I'm presuming that you mean 'as well as', rather than
> 'rather', since only a CD transport rather than a CD player will fail
> to have analogue outputs.
> --
Stewart, thanks

You are right I did mean "as well as". Cd player is a Cambridge Audio Azur
640c and the amp it is connected to is a denon avr 1920

I assume from your post that you expect there to be little difference
between analogue and digital connections
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"Scott" <scott251170not @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This may sound like a stupid question but have searched a range of forums
> to no avail.
>
> Have jsut purchased a new CD player which is the 1st I've owned with a
> digital coax connection rather than analogue left & right.
>
> Interested to know which would be the best to use and why
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer
>
> Scott


Digital better to use for obviuis reasons. You personally may not be able
to tell the difference but thats the same with a lot of things.
For the sake of a £10 coax cable your better to use this.
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"Jim Lesurf" <jcgl.RemoveThis@st-and.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <435e1d93$0$15059$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, Mike
> <me.RemoveThis@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>> Digital better to use for obviuis reasons.
>
> I'm afraid that the reasons for what you say do not seem entirely
> "obviuis"
> to me, or to others who have replied. :-)
>
> I'd suspect that what others have said makes more sense:
>
> A) That if the DACs involved sound indistinguishable it may not matter.
>
> B) That if they can be distinguished, the user should choose what they
> prefer.
>
>> You personally may not be able to tell the difference but thats the same
>> with a lot of things. For the sake of a £10 coax cable your better to
>> use this.
>
> Why? - particularly if they can't hear any difference?
>
> Slainte,
>
> Jim


there is little point in me going into the full technical facts here.
use your common sense - digital is the better choice for 'OBVIOUS REASONS'
but the op 'may' not actually notice a sound difference
between this and his current phono cables.
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"Mark Tranchant" <mark.RemoveThis@tranchant.plus.com> wrote in message
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Mike wrote:

> Digital better to use for obviuis reasons.

What obvious reasons? If your CD player DAC is better than the one in
your amp, it may be better to use it.

## Are you talking about connecting the cd player to the amp via phono
connectors instead of a coax?


> You personally may not be able to tell the difference but thats the same
> with a lot of things.
> For the sake of a £10 coax cable your better to use this.

I'd suggest spending less than £10.

## ive never been able to find any really cheap coax cables unless poundland
have started selling them.
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Mike wrote:
> there is little point in me going into the full technical facts here.
> use your common sense - digital is the better choice for 'OBVIOUS
> REASONS'

No, please treat us to the full technical facts. Those of us who are in
complete agreement with Jim, Mark and Stewart will be fascinated to
learn what they are.
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"Pyriform" <nobody.DeleteThis@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
>> there is little point in me going into the full technical facts here.
>> use your common sense - digital is the better choice for 'OBVIOUS
>> REASONS'
>
> No, please treat us to the full technical facts. Those of us who are in
> complete agreement with Jim, Mark and Stewart will be fascinated to
> learn what they are.
>

I've given up to be honest. The DAC in the Denon is the better choice and
therefore I have recommended coax. As i've already mentioned, the OP may
not notice any difference the coax would simply be my recommendation. To
me its a no brainer given the info supplied, It's just common sense to go
with the coax. As with everything there are technical arguments
for both sides, but to be honest i don't care if you agree with me and i
just cant be arsed
to hunt down all the technical specs on the models listed to make a useless
point. At the end of the day its only
my personal opinion afterall.
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"Mike" <me DeleteThis @privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Mark Tranchant" <mark DeleteThis @tranchant.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
>
>> Digital better to use for obviuis reasons.
>
> What obvious reasons? If your CD player DAC is better than the one in
> your amp, it may be better to use it.
>
> ## Are you talking about connecting the cd player to the amp via phono
> connectors instead of a coax?
>
>
>> You personally may not be able to tell the difference but thats the same
>> with a lot of things.
>> For the sake of a £10 coax cable your better to use this.
>
> I'd suggest spending less than £10.
>
> ## ive never been able to find any really cheap coax cables unless
> poundland have started selling them.


Thanks all for your input.
Looks like I will go with the analogue connections

Cheeers
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"Mike" <me.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> "Mark Tranchant" <mark.TakeThisOut@tranchant.plus.com> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
>
>> Digital better to use for obviuis reasons.
>
> What obvious reasons? If your CD player DAC is better than the one in
> your amp, it may be better to use it.
>
> ## Are you talking about connecting the cd player to the amp via phono
> connectors instead of a coax?
>
>
>> You personally may not be able to tell the difference but thats the same
>> with a lot of things.
>> For the sake of a £10 coax cable your better to use this.
>
> I'd suggest spending less than £10.
>
> ## ive never been able to find any really cheap coax cables unless
> poundland have started selling them.


Thanks all for your input.
Looks like I will go with the analogue connections

Cheeers
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On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:51:51 +0100, "Mike" <me.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote:

>"Pyriform" <nobody.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> Mike wrote:
>>> there is little point in me going into the full technical facts here.
>>> use your common sense - digital is the better choice for 'OBVIOUS
>>> REASONS'
>>
>> No, please treat us to the full technical facts. Those of us who are in
>> complete agreement with Jim, Mark and Stewart will be fascinated to
>> learn what they are.
>>
>
>I've given up to be honest. The DAC in the Denon is the better choice and
>therefore I have recommended coax.

Who says the DAC in the Denon is better? do you think you could hear a
difference? What's the jitter rejection like on the S/PDIF receiver?

> As i've already mentioned, the OP may
>not notice any difference the coax would simply be my recommendation. To
>me its a no brainer given the info supplied, It's just common sense to go
>with the coax.

We may perhaps agree that you have no brains, that's certainly true.

> As with everything there are technical arguments
>for both sides, but to be honest i don't care if you agree with me and i
>just cant be arsed
>to hunt down all the technical specs on the models listed to make a useless
>point. At the end of the day its only
>my personal opinion afterall.

Quite so, and one which you cannot back up.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
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Scott wrote:
> This may sound like a stupid question but have searched a range of forums to
> no avail.
>
> Have jsut purchased a new CD player which is the 1st I've owned with a
> digital coax connection rather than analogue left & right.
>
> Interested to know which would be the best to use and why
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer

Give it a try and see. I made a point of connecting up my Marantz CD
player to my Yamaha 640 via digital, but I actually preferred the sound
via Analogue.
My older Technics CD player showed a large improvement though. Horses
for courses.

Cheers

Doc
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