RE: KabelDirekt

Posted by flood2 (A) on May 13, 2025 at 13:38:33

In Reply to: KabelDirekt posted by psgary on May 12, 2025 at 19:44:55:

It all comes down to the quality of the fibre cleave and how close to ideal the ends of the fibre end up. I remember doing this at university and it takes some practice to do a clean job that gives a clean cleave with a perpendicular flat surface with a glass fibre. These days there are specialist tools that can do a clean job with minimal optical loss with plastic fibres. The end polish for a plastic fibre is important too.
The data rate requirement for SPDIF is pretty low (relatively speaking) compared to Telecoms requirements so "most" products that have the essential design features (connector ends) and polish will meet the requirement for digital audio.

Keep the cable length as short as possible without sharp bends and most cables will be fine. I would certainly recommend trying Todd's suggestion.

I have no problem with the freebie short lengths of optical cable that came with my portable Minidisc recorder which goes to show how good the current state of the art is for DAC design.
Regards Anthony

"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats

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