Audio Coaxial/Video Coaxial difference?
joeparaski
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Is there a difference between these 2 cables? Can a cable labeled "Video Coaxial" be used for Audio Coaxial and vice-versa?
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As far as I know there is no differences other than marketing purposes. There should be no difference between the same branded cables listed as either audio or video in there makeup.
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As far as I know there is no differences other than marketing purposes. There should be no difference between the same branded cables listed as either audio or video in there makeup.
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I've used a composite video cable as a coax audio cable and a coax audio cable as a video cable before. So aside from marketing purposes, they should both do the trick.polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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Video coax is 75 ohms, the same as digital cable. Interconnects are usually around 50 ohms. As stated, they will work for either application though, but I wouldn't use a regular interconnect as a digital cable."He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated.
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Video coax is 75 ohms, the same as digital cable. Interconnects are usually around 50 ohms. As stated, they will work for either application though, but I wouldn't use a regular interconnect as a digital cable.
Some systems actually give you a regular mono interconnect as a digital coax cable. Case in point: The Onkyo HTiB's come with a mono IC and tell you to connect that between coax on the DVDP and AVR.polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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Yes, and it's probably 75ohms. My Marantz CDP came with one too. I don't know where you're going with that.
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Yes, and it's probably 75ohms. My Marantz CDP came with one too. I don't know where you're going with that.
I was going to say, that cable works as a video cable, coax audio cable, or as a mono IC. It's the same cable as the included RCA cable in the box, only that the RCA is two molded together.
If it works for all the above, then I would assume it's okay to use it for multiple purposes.polkaudio RT35 Bookshelves
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