Digital cable v. standard interconnects


This may sound somewhat naive, but what is the difference between a "digital coax cable" and standard RCA-type interconnects? Is it truly necessary to connect a digital source with a digital cable, or will any decent IC work as well?
jason321

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With my $3k system (all used .. about a $6k system new) I could not hear any difference between a Canare digital cable and a good quality home brew RCA interconnect. I even could not hear a difference when I swapped in one of the interconnects which came with my marantz CD player.

so I happen to think that in an inexpensive system, like mine, that digital cables don't matter. Save your money for the analog interconnects ... that's where the difference is.