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Digital vs Interconnect Cables - Difference?

Can someone explain the difference between digital and interconnect cables? Are they inter-changable? Is digital for connecting CD/SACD transport and DAC?

How about the cables between CD player and pre-amp - Interconnect or digital cables? And between pre-amp and power-amp? Are the same type of interconnect cables?

Also, how many types of interconnect cables are availabe in the market? Digitals - with various connection options?

Thanks.
r0817

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zenblaster
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sometimes you will like the DAC inside the preamp and sometimes you may prefer what came inside your CD player.
I suppose there are a few components that could be considered preamps that have dac, most do not. CD players have dac's.
I use digital rca to bring the digital (1&2) signal from a transport or digital cable box to a DAC (converts the signal back to analog) to a analog rca to the pre/amp. As far as I know a regular rca ic can not transfer a digital signal.
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