Digital Interconnect Questions

significant difference between my jena labs gemini digital and acoustic zen silver photon cables. the dif is reality.
numerous used digital cables for under one hundred dollars,start auditioning. good luck, kurt

It is all relative, fortunately.

If you have $30k invested in Amps, Pre-amps and DVD/CD players, then you want an associated cable to connect the equipment.
Otherwise, you won't hear the difference.
I'm one of those people that have the high-priced equipment, and have convinced my self that the higher priced cable is needed. However, for years I also revelled in mid-fi, and I equally enjoyed it. The only thing that changed is my ability to afford the more expensive.

I've auditioned a number of them, to mate with my MSB Link Dac. I tried both the expensive Goldmund Lineal ($500?) and the Illuminations D-60. But I ended up with the Canare Digiflex Gold, about $50. I'm also thinking of upgrading, but I've read some reviews lately that said things like, there is no real huge improvement over the Canare unless you go to something like the Tara Labs The One or XLO Limited Edition (both about $1000, cheaper on the web). You can read reviews at Audioreview.com But I don't know for sure, and one thing that really bugs me is the difficulty of just auditioning. I wish I could get like 4 or 5 of these into my house at one time so I could really find out the truth. But it's hard unless you have a dealer who carries many different brands! (And most don't, instead each dealer pushes 1 or 2 brands). Main thing to know is that they do sound different so it is worth *auditioning* but try to avoid buying until you find one you like.

I have found that the difference between cables usually depends on the equipment. If you are using a seperate dac I think you will hear a major difference. The equivalant of cd player upgrade. I personally feel that the digital cable is one of the most signifacant in your system.