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digital cable differences

Hi all, as we all know there are differences in digital cables. I hear also a difference between cables in loudness of sound. When I insert an old Goldmund Lineal between my CD-transport and DAC not only the sound is less loud (with exact the same preamp volume level) in comparison with another cable (I'm using a very simple MITerminator IV line level interconnect as a digital link) but it also sounds less involving. Does this mean the Goldmund is not a good match for the CD-transport (CEC TL-0) and DAC (Bel Canto 1.1) or is the cable defective (conductor breach). I red once that when a digital cable is functioning properly we can hear an increase in "loudness" of sound in comparison with a cable that is not designed for digital transmission or a poorly designed one.

Regards,
Dazzdax
dazzdax

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misskuma
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this is why I generally don't like digital separates. Pain in the butt, I say.
All coax vary (especially in tonal
balance ) in sound depending on what's connected to it.
You just have to try different digital cables to find the one
agrees with your gear/taste.

BTW, the sound can vary even amongst all 75 ohm cables ( that's
the impedance of coax cablse supopsed to be including terminations )

Once I was told that as long as the cable maintain 75 ohm, it should be a good
cables. Alas, they still seem to vary from cable to cable.
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