Berkeley Audio Design SPDIF Input

Much has been made over the impedance of BNC versus RCA connectors. In my system, an RCA terminated digital cable with so called 75 ohm RCA/BNC Monster adaptors sounded better than 2 BNC terminated cables.

So to me, the issue of what will provide the best sound is not all that clear cut to me. I suspect it depends on the available terminations and design details of each unit, The Monsters adaptors do sound better than the other adaptors I tried (crappy nickel?). Also, the more more metal mass, the longer the terminations may take to settle in. I find XLR, binding posts and BNCs all seem to take longer than RCA.

Thanks, Comrades. I knew you would answer. I am looking to audition BAD DAC, even though I emailed this question to them and they never responded. I would use AES/EBU for CECD transport, but for iTransport or DVD player would use SPDIF, and now I can use RCA Kharma Grand Ref digicable I have on hand.

Neal

i would guess that you can get any cable made with bnc terminations. i inquired when i purchased my bada and they recommended using the aes3 input so thats the one i use. i tried many digital cables and the mit oracle ma-x digital cable was significantly better than all (including the sextet). i am sure they would terminate any way you needed.

i sure love that dac!

These are supposedly impendance matched:

http://www.amazon.com/Monster-VA-MBFR-3H-Female-Adapters/dp/B0009HMUH0/ref=pd_cp_e_1

Stereovox/i2Digital use an connector that is both BNC and RCA.

I think this is what you need. I have a couple of these on my DACs and they work quite well.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?sourceid=navclient&oq=&rlz=1T4DMUS_enUS305US305&q=RCA+to+BNC+adapters&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=10546853561807035384&ei=6AahS7fSB4zsswOvgLHTCw&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=image&resnum=2&ved=0CBwQ8gIwAQ#