Spec-chart for digital cables


Don’t want to start a flame war but looking for a comparison chart for the specs on digital cables.

I have read multiple articles, digital coaxial vs optical vs HDMI vs USB, I would like a comparison chart showing bandwidth, through put etc.

I seem to read that USB provides the widest, followed by coaxial but would like to see a true comparison chart.

Also, would entertain a discussion of opinion of users, what experiences have users found?

Lastly, I understand the conversation might want to direct to the material of construction, but I would like to stick to the direct fact of the cable 

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Showing 1 response by carlsbad2

Digital is just 1's and 0's.   

So now you think I'm a denier who thinks it is useless to upgrade digital equipment, it is perfect right?  

just the opposite.  

For file transfer it doesn't matter (much) as your computer will keep downloading until the new file matches the old file.  that is why sometimes it takes forever to download a file.  Dropped bits have to be re-downloaded.

for streaming, the FTP can't do this, so the key is to minimize the number of dropped bits since the music has to continue on without them.  So it is just 1's and 0's but it is a zillion of them coming out of a firehose and your equipment has to be able to handle them and your wires have to be able to transport them and the better they transport them, the less they mess up the rounded peak that represents a "1" the less bits end up going AWOL.  

So my point here is that it is more important to have the connectors and internal connections implemented properly than to choose a format.  USB got a bad rap, probably by measuring some generic equipment and then promulgated by those selling alternatives.  People will choose their equipment around which connectors it has, especially the I2S which has been marketed as the "replacement" for USB.  This is a fools errand.  Some of the best equipment in the world uses USB.

So you won't find the chart you want as it is a function of the manufacturer implementation rather than the cables.  I like silver plated cables by a reputable manufacturer.

Jerry