18-Jul-2018, 07:41
(17-Jul-2018, 21:09)thumb5 Wrote:(13-Jul-2018, 00:16)Axel Wrote: @thumb5
Thanks for the great report, Ian. Going back to A5: you say that Devialet now recommend RCA-RCA connection between units. Did they say why? Are we to assume that sound quality will be better using this method of connection, rather than RCA-AES/EBU?
I guess this will be good news for people who have had problems with which resistance cable to use and having to use 75/110 Ohm transformers, and problems with longer cables (as you pointed out), or perhaps this is the reason they now recommend RCA-RCA, and nothing to do with SQ?
@Axel, and @Frnch: really sorry, I completely missed your question. The thing about RCA-RCA was not a big announcement but rather a passing comment in conversation - I'm not sure it was meant to be particularly significant. The point was made that using RCA-RCA meant standard cables could be used without worrying about impedance matching. On the other hand it did mean losing an outout; I think that, rather than sound quality, was probably one of the driving factors behind using RCA-AES/EBU link cables - especially for some of the demo configurations where more than two Experts were chained. For what it's worth, I still use an RCA-AES/EBU cable and won't be rushing to change it.
Thank you!
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