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    Quote Originally Posted by iranu
    Ummm - digital signals can be lost or "degrade" this is usually due to interferance from other signals and electrical wiring.
    Yes, but digital errors are easy to spot - like the glitches you occasionally hear in mp3s. You will not get a 'sweeter' or 'more detailed' or anything else sound by changing a digital cable - just think of the logic - it's completely meaningless.

    Also, optical digital won't be degraded by nearby electrical signals...

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    cheap optical cables are only bad when wiggled i find. You hear the problem imediatly.

    Most people who go on about cable quality are morons who can't even draw a basic block diagram of how an amplifyer works.

    I've used really cheap DVI cables and found them to be really good. Remeber its high bandwidth, so there might be some uber cheap ones out there that are no good, but these things can be tested.
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    Quote Originally Posted by schmunk
    Also, optical digital won't be degraded by nearby electrical signals...
    thats very true - if you have to use long runs the best cable to use is an optical one for that very reason. I prefer to use coax for the shorter and tighter bends between equipment.
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    very true if your dealing with incredibly long distance, in a wiring cabinet with a lot of wire and high frequency signals.

    If your talking under 100meters, i doubt you'd ever notice any degragation.
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