(02-Nov-2014, 20:34)IanG-UK Wrote: I'll gladly eat my hat/eat my Devialet if you get any meaningful observation from Devialet which suggests any inadequacy of the Crystal cable, given Devialet's major UK market presence and the fact that Absolute Sounds import both Devialet and Crystal (but neither Ixos nor Ecosse nor Supra).
I'm not sure if I could actually persuade you to eat your Devialet, but I have had a response from Devialet that confirms that the RCA to XLR route is indeed optimal for sound quality. No specific mention of the Chrystal cable, so I guess we can let you off. This leads me to thinking about giving this try. I did think of getting an old SPDIF cable, cutting off one end and soldering on a reasonable quality XLR, a cheap and easy way of at least giving this a try. However, this would be a 75ohm cable? Should it be 110ohm? Would it be better to buy an XLR to XLR cable and graft on an RCA? Obviously you could make the whole thing from plugs / cable, but I'm just looking at a relatively easy way to give this a try. Any ideas anyone?
