You're welcome. Yeah, I looked up a picture of your DAC; you only need to go into the port labeled "Coaxial" on your GD DAC with an RCA coax cable. It's right under the USB B plug port. Be sure to use a proper 75 ohm SPDIF RCA digital coax cable; it will sound notably better!
Im not going to drop 3 digits on a coax cable,perhaps i wont be squeezing every ounce of SQ out of my system,but its a principles(and empty wallet)issue.Not to mention a slippery slope that my S.O. will surely kill me for.
I'd recommend this one, then: Audioquest Cinnamon Dgital RCA cable; about $60. Or, you can get a Blue Jeans cable for less. But, the Audioquest one will sound better.
I'm not a great believer in expensive cables (or in super cheap ones either). I have the flexible Belden digital cable from Blue Jeans to connect from the Eitr to a stacked Mimby; $17.75 plus shipping ($5 or $6 for USPS Priority) for a one foot run. The non-flexible Belden is about a buck less and I believe has slightly better performance, but the difference should be negligible in a short run. It works great.
I'm not a great believer in expensive cables (or in super cheap ones either). I have the flexible Belden digital cable from Blue Jeans to connect from the Eitr to a stacked Mimby; $17.75 plus shipping ($5 or $6 for USPS Priority) for a one foot run. The non-flexible Belden is about a buck less and I believe has slightly better performance, but the difference should be negligible in a short run. It works great.
I do not doubt that quality cables can make a difference in SQ...The issue i have is that all my other cables arent what anyone would call audiophile grade stuff.Theyre not bottom of the barrel Walmart specials,but not expensive grade either.Knowing myself if I ended up getting a high-end cable for this part of my system(and I have 3 systems)then I'd want to upgrade every other interconnect too,and that will add up quickly.
As a broke dude in a rich mans hobby I have to pick and choose my battles.
I'm not a great believer in expensive cables (or in super cheap ones either). I have the flexible Belden digital cable from Blue Jeans to connect from the Eitr to a stacked Mimby; $17.75 plus shipping ($5 or $6 for USPS Priority) for a one foot run. The non-flexible Belden is about a buck less and I believe has slightly better performance, but the difference should be negligible in a short run. It works great.
Given there cables that cost thousands of dollars, "expensive" is a relative term, as is "belief". I just gave Monsterzero a recommendation for a good-sounding cable under $100 as that's what he provided as his budget cap. Am I of the view that the Audioquest cable I recommended will sound better than an $18 Belden cable? Yes. But, respectfully, I'm not going to open up another Pandora's Box regarding cables (for the umpteenth time). Cheers!
So I just bought the Eitr to supplement it with my R2R-11 DAC/amp because I'm having an issue with some subtle rattling going on when running the dacamp through my PC (works fine with my Android phones). I thought the Eitr will provide cleaner signals to the R2R-11. I haven't had any experience with coax/SPDIF in general, so I want to know if this cheapo generic coax cable would be fine with the Eitr. Any response would be much appreciated.
But if you are stacking I would look at the Blue Jeans Belden 1505F option because it is much more flexible and only a dollar more, and if the length is only 1ft or so the performance differences won't matter.
I have a question that hopefully someone in this thread will have an answer to.
I currently use an iPad plugged into a Wyrd (CCK + USB connector), then into a Bifrost. When I connect the iPad directly to the Bifrost, i get an error message telling me that the Bifrost is not self-powered and that the iPad cannot send the signal to it. It is a well-known issue that is fixed by connecting the iPad to the Wyrd first. Since I intend to switch from the Wyrd to an Eitr, does anyone know if using an apple device with CCK connected to the Eitr will be recognized properly like it is with the Wyrd or if I'll face the same problem when connecting directly into the Bifrost.
Logically, it should act the same way as with the Wyrd, but you never know. Thanks ahead, if anyone knows the answer.
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