75 ohm V.S.300 ohm and S.Q.


I have a pair of 75 ohm cables running out of my dac into my pre and this sounds incredible!my dac is my source so its the only thing running into my pre but am i damaging anything by running 75 ohm?My mids come alive and most if not all digital harshness is gone! so please say im ok.
jayb77

Showing 2 responses by almarg

No problem at all. The "characteristic impedance" of the cable, in this case 75 ohms, is not relevant at the frequencies of analog audio signals. It would be relevant if you were using the cable to carry digital audio signals, in which case a mismatch would not cause damage but would probably impact sound quality.

Not sure what your reference to 300 ohms refers to. If that is the output impedance of the dac, again the "mismatch" to the 75 ohm characteristic impedance of the cable is not relevant at audio frequencies.

Regards,
-- Al
most all RCA cables are 300 ohm
Not sure where you got that from, but it is certainly wrong. Most rca cables utilize coaxial construction, and I am not aware of any coaxial cable that has an impedance above 100 ohms, with most being considerably less than that.

Regards,
-- Al