Looking for a high-end 75 ohm Coaxial (RCA) cable
Jul 9, 2011 at 1:44 PM Post #16 of 28
That they do.  You need really nice tools to make a cable whose impedance is spot on, Blue Jeans has em.  
 
Jul 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM Post #17 of 28
stereovox or kimber
 
 
that being said, black cat veloce is good value
 
Jul 14, 2011 at 1:05 AM Post #19 of 28
I'd say save some money and get some generic ones. If it's used for digital audio you won't need anything fancy as a digital signal can not be altered by the cable itself. If you make it yourself you can always add some quality resistors to get a close to 75Ohms as possible.
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 9:40 PM Post #20 of 28


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I'd say save some money and get some generic ones. If it's used for digital audio you won't need anything fancy as a digital signal can not be altered by the cable itself. If you make it yourself you can always add some quality resistors to get a close to 75Ohms as possible.



On paper your attitude has merit but in actual practice digital cables do influence the end result...not by a large amount but enough to hear clear differences over run of the mill stuff and the next tier up. I compared the BJ BNC Belden special, the Canare BNC vs the Furutech Alpha AG and the Oyaide DB-510 with the Furutech besting all four of them...the closest in performance to the Alpha cable was, not surprisingly, the Oyaide DB-510. Either one of those are under 200 USD which IMO is not a lot of money compared to what some companies charge for much lesser quality kit (the Furutech Alpha is pure silver solid core, not SPC). At any rate my results are according to my own experience with others mileage varying since this is all subjective (to a certain point) when you come down to it.
 
The OP was asking for a decent cable not a bargain basement special. The BJ stuff is good quality but it's not the be all or end all by any means.
 
Peete.
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 9:43 PM Post #21 of 28
The Oyaide DB-510 is what I use on my own system and it's the best I've tried so far.  Its price is not exorbitant and the entire signal chain is very well shielded OCC silver.  
 
Disclaimer - I don't carry or sell any Oyaide products.  If you want a DB-510, the site kosmic.us sells them.  I got my cable as a trade from a friend.
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 11:42 PM Post #22 of 28
As much as I wanted my BJC coax to be better than the DB-510 (the orange and black colours match my usb cable) it just isn't as good - most immediately noticable difference is that the BJC is harsher on my sabre dac.
 
Jul 18, 2011 at 11:44 PM Post #23 of 28
I've tried many digital cables in both coax and rca form and have heard to audible difference at all. I probably could not justify $200 for a digital cable at all. I can't see how just sending 0's and 1's could change the sound if the wire is different. Digital is digital and a cable can not influence that. At least that's my stand on it anyways.
 
But OP, Blue Jeans has nice stuff. You could always hit up Audioquest's ebay page for refurbished goods. I got a refurbished 2m coax cable from them for $40, so not so bad.
 
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On paper your attitude has merit but in actual practice digital cables do influence the end result...not by a large amount but enough to hear clear differences over run of the mill stuff and the next tier up. I compared the BJ BNC Belden special, the Canare BNC vs the Furutech Alpha AG and the Oyaide DB-510 with the Furutech besting all four of them...the closest in performance to the Alpha cable was, not surprisingly, the Oyaide DB-510. Either one of those are under 200 USD which IMO is not a lot of money compared to what some companies charge for much lesser quality kit (the Furutech Alpha is pure silver solid core, not SPC). At any rate my results are according to my own experience with others mileage varying since this is all subjective (to a certain point) when you come down to it.
 
The OP was asking for a decent cable not a bargain basement special. The BJ stuff is good quality but it's not the be all or end all by any means.
 
Peete.

 
Jul 19, 2011 at 1:22 AM Post #24 of 28
Right, bottom line is, if your budget is $30, the BJC is a very solid cable (I have one too and it's a great value).  If it's $200, give the Oyaide a try.
 
Dec 22, 2015 at 12:55 PM Post #25 of 28
Feel free to waste your money on boutique cables.
But in the US for finished cables, Blue Jeans Cable is the provider of choice.
For bulk cables worldwide stick with the major cable manufactures like Belden & Mogami.
 
Dec 22, 2015 at 5:40 PM Post #27 of 28
  What about make your own from RG6? It's rated up to a few GHz.


There are many different cables that meet the generic RG6 standard.  They may be optimized for different properties. Like weather, fire, underground or high frequency.  The ones that the cable TV installers use and the big-box stores sell are optimized for high frequency cable TV channels,  That's the exact opposite of what we want. Yes it will work for short cables not so much for long ones.
 
Jan 16, 2016 at 6:58 AM Post #28 of 28
Anyone can suggest me a good quality plug like this? I am looking for one online in the U.K. Thanks

 

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