Lkdog, I think your money would be much better spent on upgrading electronics, specifically getting that bright and brittle Parasound HCA1000 out of the loop. Replacing it with even the HCA1500 parasound amp will make a world of difference, as would buying a dedicated 2ch preamp, whereas with optical/coax cables I'm very willing to bet is going to be a very, very minor if even percievable change with your system. It typically takes an extremely revealing (expensive) system to discern cable differences, especially digitial cable differences (should any actually exist). Not faulting your system in the least, I had a very similar one that was very enjoyable, actually briefly using the same amp, speaker wires and simlar speakers, just relaying my experience in such a setup. Not saying you shouldn't try different cables for your self, just saying where it my upgrade disease kicking in, I would spend the money elsewhere.
Digital Optical Cables - how important is brand?
I am presently using an Acoustic Research optical cable from my Pioneer Elite DVD/CD player into a Denon DTS receiver serving as a preamp with a Parasound 1000 HCA amp.
Maybe this is a dumb question, but are their truly significant differences in optical cables?
I do use DH lab Siversonic speaker wire with my RBH Sound speakers, and also a Tekline RCA connector from my receiver preamp outputs to my amp so I do think that decent cables are desirable, but the optical thing kind of throws me.
Any opinions are welcome and suggestions of a low cost (sub 50-75$) optical. That is if better ones than my 20$ Acoustic Reserach really do seem to make a difference.
Thanks.
Maybe this is a dumb question, but are their truly significant differences in optical cables?
I do use DH lab Siversonic speaker wire with my RBH Sound speakers, and also a Tekline RCA connector from my receiver preamp outputs to my amp so I do think that decent cables are desirable, but the optical thing kind of throws me.
Any opinions are welcome and suggestions of a low cost (sub 50-75$) optical. That is if better ones than my 20$ Acoustic Reserach really do seem to make a difference.
Thanks.