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SACD Interconnects

I know this has been discussed before but I need the latest input from the forum. Very simple question. The multi-channel audio output from an SACD player is a digital signal to the amp or prepro or AVR. Correct so far? OK, that being the case, should the 6 interconnects then be digital audio cable and not analog? Digital audio cable has a 75 ohm impedance and is coax construction which is evidently recommended for SACD output. Please comment. Thanks.
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kr4
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If you are using a set of 6, they are analog, not digital. All you need are regular analog interconnects.

Kal
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kr4
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C'mon. It will make absolutely no audible difference and, if just knowing the lengths are different bothers you, you need to change your thinking. Are all your speaker cables the same length? Is every internal path length the same? Get over it.

Kal
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kr4
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Thanks. I do believe that everything makes a difference but it is always a matter of degree or, even, order of magnitude. I have heard differences (with electronic delays) of ~1millisecond between the two channels of a stereo pair but a 1millisecond difference requires a cable length difference of more than 125miles! Who has room for such?!?

Kal
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kr4
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I agree but my test was, imho, completely analogous to the situation with the unequal cable lengths. We simply instituted the delay of one channel electronically.

Kal
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