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Old 08-04-2008, 08:01 PM
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Hi
I want to connect a DAC to my optical output of my soundcard
The questions I have are:

1)Will it be a trouble if the cable is 1 meter long (like lose of quality) , and I have my PC under the desk, while the DAC on it, can I like "bent" it a little bit? will it be trouble or something?

2)Will I get "pure" sound of it? means with out no volume gain or what ever, means that the windows mixer won't touch it, and I won't be able to "push" the volume up or down from the PC, but only from the AMP ?

3)Will the quality be as good as it can be like 1-1, as like I was hearing the sound direct from the DAC? (just like connecting CDP or what ever)

Thank you for the answers!!!
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Old 08-04-2008, 08:15 PM
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1) 1m is short, don't worry. Bend, don't worry, just don't have it "extreme" bend.

2 and 3) "Pure" and 1-1: What exactly is that? Who says your CD player must be bit-perfect? Either way, that all depends on your setup: soundcard, bit-perfect output, drivers, ASIO/KS used, etc.
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