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amulford
amulford Posts: 5,020
edited February 2004 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Thanks to Russ I now have a nifty Carver CD changer.

I have never been a fan of fiber optic, but this changer has one out and analog outs.

Does anyone have a recomendation on a Fiber cable?
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited February 2004
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    buy the most expensive one you can find. You don't want any of those 1's and 0's getting lost in the magical voids of cheaper, inferior cables
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  • gidrah
    gidrah Posts: 3,049
    edited February 2004
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    Then buy a cheap one and have somebody help you with A/B'ing them. Return whichever you deem necessary.;)
    Make it Funky! :)
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  • EuroStyle
    EuroStyle Posts: 19
    edited February 2004
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    I love the digital out on my Carver changer, but sometimes it randomly stops working and you have to jiggle it a bit. I am going to send it to Carver repair one of these days....it is great though to run into my Phillips CDR-880 CD burner...:)


    Sean
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited February 2004
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    Buy a cheap one. A little thing called error correction makes sure you get all your 1's and 0's.

    Regards,
    PolkThug
    Never Forget
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2004
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    The smaller the diameter of the optical cable the more suseptable it is to breaking if you have to make a sharp bend in it, otherwise not much difference.
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,611
    edited February 2004
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    I have been down the digital road before..........buy a high quality cable to make sure you don't get loss.From how I understand it,the glass based cables are better then the plastic fiber cables.Glass is much more money and
    Dan
    My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2004
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    Why are you going to use the digital out? Is this going to a receiver? Have you tried the analog out yet?

    Maurice
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited February 2004
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    I haven't used the analog outs on this unit. The changer has a single bit DAC and my receiver has a 24 bit DAC, so I am using the receiver's.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2004
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    You should try to do an a/b comparison with both digital and analog connections hooked up. A good quality single bit can sound better than a bad quality 24 bit. The DAC in my CD player smoked the one in the receiver.

    Maurice
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited February 2004
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    Excellent Idea !!!

    Both of them are Bob Carver Designs, the CD is Carver and the receiver is Sunfire. It would be cool to check out. I guess I was **** U ME ing things again. I'll do it and let you know!!!
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