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Digital coax cable

In a month or so I am going to try an external DAC in my system. Probably the Geshelli J2S or the SMSL D300. Now comes the Great Digital Coax Cable Hunt.

I assume that a digital cable is as critical as interconnects to the sound of a system. But when I started looking at digital cables, my head started swimming. So many cables, so little time.

Given the modest price of the DACs listed above, spending hundreds on a digital cable seems a bit foolish. Pangea has several reasonably priced cables, but the Audioquest Cinnamon was cited by someone as even better. (Yes, personal opinion but almost everything in this crazy hobby is.)

Also, does length matter? I read than a digital cable should be at least 1.5 meters. But the DAC will be right behind the CD player/transport, only about 6 inches away. 1+ meters is a lot of extra cable to have to deal with between two components.

I'd love to find a used cable to sidestep break-in. All thoughts are welcome because I hardly know where to start.

Thanks, gang.



Edits: 07/15/24
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Topic - Digital coax cable - psgary 15:39:50 07/15/24 (44)
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