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Digital and Analogue XLR Cables - Is There a Difference?

After swapping both around for many years the only difference I've been able to hear is that analogue sounded better than digital when used as an analogue cable but maybe that was because I was using a digital XLR because one of my analogue XLR cables had gone down. Not very scientific. The Digital cost much less too.

Is there a special conductor used for digital XLR? Both are 110 0hms.

A pair of Analogue XLR can cost the same as one Digital XLR.

I'd really like a definitive answer. THX!

lordmelton

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lordmelton OP
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Hi Rick,

Well thanks for that. I always believed they were both 110 Ohms.

I've been using the analogue for digital XLR for many years and haven't experienced any problems.

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lordmelton OP
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After doing quite a bit of Googling I found that most studios use 110 Ohm cables for analogue and digital. They don't use 75 Ohm cables at all.

There does seem to be a consensus that 75 Ohm cables can intrduce jitter in the digital domain but short runs are acceptable.

My cables are only 1.5 m. I will change to a high end 110 Ohm cable but at the moment my 75 Ohm cable sounds great,

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