Double Wide AES/EBU


Has anyone connected in Double Wide AES/EBU configuration? (2 x AES-EBU on XLR). Is there an improvement over the Single wide connection? (Regular AES-EBU Digital XLR input). I see most high end devices use the double wide configuration (Left and right Digital Signals, eg: Musical Fidelity kW DM25 Transport/DAC combo, dCS, etc..).

A (single) regular AES/EBU cable is capable of transmitting up to 192k signal rates and double wide is usually used to transmit higher rates like 192k, this is my understanding.

If a Single cable is capable why use double to achieve the same output? Does it sonically enhance the musical experience? Its very hard to imagine a double run performing any better, given the number are still the same, but IS IT any better? Any input or any first hand experience would be very much appreciated.
dseanm

Showing 1 response by lewhite

Could that be a segregated clock. Theta did that back in the day with their clock link. PS does it with i2s over hdmi