September 7th, 2021, 8:48 pm
September 8th, 2021, 1:29 pm
September 8th, 2021, 4:49 pm
September 8th, 2021, 6:56 pm
Grover Gardner wrote:I'm using a Mogami Gold AES/EBU cable. You can spend thousands on an MIT rig. Maybe someday.
September 8th, 2021, 8:19 pm
SoundMods wrote:Grover Gardner wrote:I'm using a Mogami Gold AES/EBU cable. You can spend thousands on an MIT rig. Maybe someday.
Since the AES/EBU standard was created to enable studios to use balanced-line microphone cable, just about any XLR interconnect can get the job done -- some better than others.
I found that ribbon cable terminated with XLR connectors really stays out of the way and enables the DAC to strut its stuff. I attached the only photo I have for an example.
September 8th, 2021, 9:25 pm
September 8th, 2021, 10:18 pm
FerdinandII wrote:I always liked the Belden Twinax cable for AES/EBU
This one's 100 ohm, plenum rated......
https://www.altex.com/belden-plenum-twinax-electronic-instrumentation-cable-100-ohm
https://www.wireandcableyourway.com/uploads/file/89207%20Technical%20Data%20Sheet%20(English).pdf
September 8th, 2021, 10:34 pm
FerdinandII wrote:I always liked the Belden Twinax cable for AES/EBU
This one's 100 ohm, plenum rated......
https://www.altex.com/belden-plenum-twinax-electronic-instrumentation-cable-100-ohm
https://www.wireandcableyourway.com/uploads/file/89207%20Technical%20Data%20Sheet%20(English).pdf
September 8th, 2021, 11:06 pm
SoundMods wrote:I find that stranded conductors seem to be counter to the needs of low jitter transmission. I have been getting the best result with a Stealth Indra balanced line that uses 50-ga. Electum (gold/silver alloy) solid conductors laid out in a Helix pattern suspended in an open-cell Teflon structure with a shield. This after trial runs with every XLR cable I own including the ribbon cable (which performed unexpectedly well) plus some shot-gunned Illinois Wire and W.L. Gore Phase Flex micro-wave cable. BTW -- the Phase Flex is a close second to the Stealth. Of course a lot depends how the digital signal is sourced (direct drive or through a pulse transformer) and how it is loaded on the receiving end either with a characteristic resistive-load or another damn pulse transformer.
September 9th, 2021, 10:42 am
FerdinandII wrote:SoundMods wrote:I find that stranded conductors seem to be counter to the needs of low jitter transmission. I have been getting the best result with a Stealth Indra balanced line that uses 50-ga. Electum (gold/silver alloy) solid conductors laid out in a Helix pattern suspended in an open-cell Teflon structure with a shield. This after trial runs with every XLR cable I own including the ribbon cable (which performed unexpectedly well) plus some shot-gunned Illinois Wire and W.L. Gore Phase Flex micro-wave cable. BTW -- the Phase Flex is a close second to the Stealth. Of course a lot depends how the digital signal is sourced (direct drive or through a pulse transformer) and how it is loaded on the receiving end either with a characteristic resistive-load or another damn pulse transformer.
What's wrong with pulse transformers, besides the fact that the industry doesn't want to pay any more than they would for a resistor in the same spot, thus leading to crap performance?