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Advice on a good Digital Coax Cable to run between my Transport and DAC?

I need a good Coax Digital cable to run between my Jays Audio Transport and my Denafrips Pontus 15 DAC. I have the Wyred4Sound Remedy Reclocker connected between the transport and Dac. So I need 2 cables. I'm looking for a cable that's revealing but not overly bright. One that's a little on the lush side 

 

Thanks!

chiefsteward1
germay
9 posts
 

Since my DDC (Pi2Design) and DAC (Chord Qutest) both have BNC S/PDIF connections, I built my own using VH Audio Pulsar AG coax crimped with Trompeter UPL2000-D(1, 7, or 24) BNC connectors.  You can use BNC to RCA adapters but you won't maintain a characteristic 75 ohm impedance.  It'll be close but not a precise match.

germay
9 posts
 

Since my DDC (Pi2Design) and DAC (Chord Qutest) both have BNC S/PDIF connections, I built my own using VH Audio Pulsar AG coax crimped with Trompeter UPL2000-D(1, 7, or 24) BNC connectors.  You can use BNC to RCA adapters but you won't maintain a characteristic 75 ohm impedance.  It'll be close but not a precise match.

nglazer
852 posts
 

I just received a LessLoss RCA digicable with the Entropic process, and reasonably priced. It sounds grand right out of the bag but improves with burn-in. I have several PC's too. LessLoss has the special sauce on its products. Neal

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stuartk
3,424 posts
 

Don’t mean to hijack thread but I’m confused. Two brands of AES/EBU cables I’ve looked up online (including Jorma) state they are 110 ohm. If 75 ohm is considered "best", then why would Jay’s optimize their transports for AES/EBU? 

I have a CDT2mk3 and want to make sure I’m enabling it to perform at its best. What sort of sonic improvement might I get from shifting to  AES/EBU?

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