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Hell, for only $5 or so it's hard not to grab that cable. There may be a technical difference in impedance, and the BJC is definitely a better cable, but I still believe the end result will be the same (unless there's massive problems with the cable).
I already have an adapter or two though, so I'm not going to spend more. But if you need one, for the price of the BJC, it's sorta hard to go wrong.
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Just a heads up, a 1/8" mono adapter from Rat Shack works as well. Next time I place a order from BJC, I plan on ordering their digital cable with the correct termination.
I bought a "digital" rca cable from ratshack with an 1/8" mono adapter also front ratshack for about $15 out the door several years ago. Surely the BJ cable is of higher quality but the increased cost would not have been justified imo; BJ cable may be "Cheap" relatively speaking but they still charge a decent amount in my experience. It would probably cost you in the vacinity of $30 shipped to have a 6 foot cable.
Not to threadcrap but I would also agree with Redo in that there's no way the cable will sound better.
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I need about 15' and I doubt Rat Shack would carry one that long. Otherwise, I'd be more than willing to give it a try, it would only be a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of money I've spent on cables.
Currently I'm using a Goertz digital coax, which is probably your basic 1694A, but I like their very snug termination. Too bad BJC doesn't offer locking RCA's, IMO, their regular RCA's are usually very loose fitting.
I bought a "digital" rca cable from ratshack with an 1/8" mono adapter also front ratshack for about $15 out the door several years ago. Surely the BJ cable is of higher quality but the increased cost would not have been justified imo; BJ cable may be "Cheap" relatively speaking but they still charge a decent amount in my experience. It would probably cost you in the vacinity of $30 shipped to have a 6 foot cable.
Not to threadcrap but I would also agree with Redo in that there's no way the cable will sound better.
I think it depends on what you mean by "sound better." For example, I certainly wouldn't expect a higher quality digital cable to increase detail or open up the soundstage.
But if the goal is to pass a bit-perfect signal to your DAC - and to ensure that no bits bounce back at the end of the cable - then impedance matched connectors do matter. (see my 5-22 post in this thread.) A few extra-dollars to avoid a well-documented issue in digital signal transmission seemed like a reasonable economic choice to me.
If you find some authority that disputes the relevance of impedance matching, I'd be interested to see it.
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