Re: [OT] Looking to borrow a spdif coax cable

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Phil :-)

So for Andy's application, "any old" cable is likely to be
"good enough" ?

Cheers,

Tim.

On 2/21/07, Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim Hawes
> >
> > I may be talking out of my hat but...
> >
> > Wasn't there someone advertising these cables made out of
> > wire coat hangers? i.e. proving that alledged "high
end"
> > cables weren't worth it? IIRC his USP was that only he could
> > offer a full report on the performance of his "cable"
where
> > his commercial competitors could not/did not? (I may have
> > been dreaming all this...)
> >
> > Can't you use your "phono" cable in the SPDIF socket?
> >
> > Tim.
> > (now donning flameproof suit...)
>
> Nope - you remember correctly.
>
> He borrowed a commercial Dolby Digital decoder from a local cinema
which had
> the facility for producing a report including bit errors (recoverable
and
> unrecoverable) and basically started out with a cheap "Radio
Shack" phono
> patch lead and then went down from there. Eventually cutting it in
half and
> soldering inline an unbent wire coathanger and still not getting any
errors
> being flagged by the decoder.
>
> He never actually "sold" the cable - he was just making a
point that digital
> audio data itself is pretty rugged and from that ended with something
like
> "Well I guess at least I can certify that this cable is good as I
can give
> you a report from the decoder to prove it so if you want one of these
cables
> I'll run you one up for $1,000" or something like that.
>
> Used to be one of my favourite p*ss take web pages before it
disappeared.
> :-(
>
> Phil