Simply look at how many digital cables are being sold and bought daily on Audiogon, and all you will know if digital cables makes any difference with sound reproduction. Don't tell me that the 100-200 idiots buying the cables are real idiots! There gotta be reasons. Cable design minimize signal loss and interference, this theory apply on kinds of cables! I used a 2M XLO Digital Cable instead a 1M one day, and I noticed the difference. Its the same model, same spec. same measurement, why did it sound different? You all tell me...
Why do digital cables sound different?
I have been talking to a few e-mail buddies and have a question that isn't being satisfactorily answered this far. So...I'm asking the experts on the forum to pitch in. This has probably been asked before but I can't find any references for it. Can someone explain why one DIGITAL cable (coaxial, BNC, etc.) can sound different than another? There are also similar claims for Toslink. In my mind, we're just trying to move bits from one place to another. Doesn't the digital stream get reconstituted and re-clocked on the receiving end anyway? Please enlighten me and maybe send along some URLs for my edification. Thanks, Dan