There’s a lot of good theory on this subject. In practice though, how cable length effects sound quality is difficult to hear. We manufacture cables and have tried various lengths of the same build. For our ENO Digital Cable Cu and Ag, two cables built identically, one at 1M and one at 1.5M sound identical. If you start talking about much longer distances I’m sure things change.
Optimal length(s) of a digital aes/bsu cable
I have an option of a high end cable (0.6m) as a digital interconnect between a Berkeley USB and Reference DAC. I’d rather have a short cable practically speaking as the boxes sit next the one another but I also want to maximize sound quality (of course.)
i have read in agon that I should go with less than 1ft or >1.5m. That was with spdif but what about aes/bsu? Does that have a different dynamic, being balanced and all?
Thanks!
i have read in agon that I should go with less than 1ft or >1.5m. That was with spdif but what about aes/bsu? Does that have a different dynamic, being balanced and all?
Thanks!