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Need optical for PC server to (reclocking) Lavry DA-10 DAC. VDH Optocoupler? Supernova 5? Others?

Posted by Dave in gva (A) on April 19, 2007 at 09:28:56

I am closing in on final choices in a very long quest to build a system around a PC-based audio server.

I plan on connecting the optical digital out of the soundcard on the PC (ESI's Juli@ soundard) with my Lavry DA-10 DAC (which also has coax and AES inputs).

My preference for optical here is because the DAC will reclock the signal anyway, so I am not interested in jitter reduction as much as I am by the loss of EMI I'll get by going optical.

My brief reading on optical links has me looking at the Van den Hul Optocoupler Mk II, and the WiredWorld Supernova 5+. I've also heard about eBay glass toslinks and the Nordost White Ghost or something like that.

Are there any other cables I should be thinking about for this application? I need a short run - 1 meter is fine - and I'd like to keep it under $150 for sure. Is there a consensus here on the likely best candidate for me?

Thanks,

Dave M

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