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When does Cabling become important in Digital?


Just thinking - if Digital is a series of 0101001010101 at what point does cabling become important?

If you send 0101010 over wifi, USB or whatever - it should still be 10010101010 on the other end, right?

So is it just once it becomes analogue sound that the cables really start to make a difference? Or can the 1010101010 sequences be disrupted as well?

For the record, I'm a big believe in cabling hearing the difference on my Rotel 1072 when I switched from Cheap monsters to inexpensive Kimball Interconnects ($140). The difference was enormous!

Thanks!
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bigtee
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A big, It depends. I have found using a very good USB cable from my Mac mini to the DAC did make a difference over a cheaper cable. In this case, I started with Audioquest Coffee and went to a AQ Diamond pure silver cable. The difference came in a smoothness to the sound. It just sounded more refined.
I gave up a long time ago about the why's, I can only say it does.
I always keep cables as short as possible to avoid as much degradation from the cable as possible. I'm now debating on another Diamond FireWire from my outboard memory to the Mac.
The analogue cables from your DAC to the preamp fall into the same camp as any cable from any component.
I agree with the poster above about timing issues. That's why I use an asynchronous DAC.
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