Glass Fiber AT&T ST or AES/EBU XLR ?



What and how large are the improvements (assuming there are some), going from AES/EBU (XLR) to Glass Fiber (AT&T ST) digital cable, between Wadia 270SE & Theta Gen' VIII?
Is the AT&T ST worth the $300 upgrade on my Theta Gen' VIII?

Thanks, Tomer
tomer_tsin

Showing 3 responses by mejames

Tomer_tsin in my experience with the AT&T cables they are usually sonically inferior to the aes/ebu balanced cable the only exception being when the AT&T is being used to transfer the data and clocklink signals between Wadia 270 transport and 27ix converter. being your converter is the Theta I wouldn't bother with AT&T cables.
Rja I suggest you unhook your clocklink AT&T cable and listen to what losing clocklink sounds like I'm sure you will not like it's effects. The aes/ebu does not have the clocklink advantage and is truly no contest on the Wadia versus the clocklink
RJA yes clocklink only works by using both AT&T cables. 1 cable has the clock data the other has the CD word data only. Believe the balanced cable has both the clock and CD information combined into it.