Cheap Digital Cable

[earl of sodbury]

Sadly I have to return the marvellous Coherent Sytems digital cable I've had on loan soon

, so need to find a replacement for my temporary lash-up - budget a max of £50 - any suggestions, please?

churz, eofs

 

[Biscuit]

hate to be a 'CROSS' but I always think that this looks like a steal:

http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcables/PH404.html

otherwise ask Frank for a coax - although I did find the interconnects a bit stiff - not sure if the digital leads are the same.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Toslink or coaxial.

If the latter then Frank may be able to help.

 

[earl of sodbury]

Papa Lazarou wrote:

Toslink or coaxial.If the latter then Frank may be able to help.

DOH!

Coaxial...

THanks both

 

[Bracko]

The Supra Jobby isn't bad and the QED Signature (£65 for 0.5m) is pretty good too for the money. I had a Coherent on loan but couldn't really justify the cost over the QED Sig for not a lot of gain.

 

[jon]

I use the TV cables one; looks very well-made, and works fine

Jon

 

[ultrasonic]

The qed signature is excellent, I use it from dvd to av amp and its a big step up from the cheapo cambridge audio one. Notably clearer sounding and more low level detail in movie sound tracks.

Ultra

 

[Killahertz]

What about Mark Grant Cables?. His work is very highly regarded on AV Forums. Cable quality is good, and he uses Canare's 75Ohm crimped RCA's, which at least rules out impedance mismatch over an SPDIF connection. Price? - remarkably inexpensive.

http://www.markgrantcables.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=3

 

[Mr Coherent]

Adam,

remarkably average too

I'd say the VDH studio (purple one) with bullets with hit you £30 will help out in the mean time Earl

 

[Sid and Coke]

I use a Mark Grant £20 digi coax between my transport and dac. I have tried others but the one made by Mark seemed to be well spec'd and well made, although it is a little stiff.

If you want a more flexible cable you could try an Ecosse ' The Producer' . I think they sell for about £25. I used to have one of them too. I did a little fully sighted, non scientific, S&C home test between about 5 digital coax cables and couldn't tell the difference between any of them to be honest. I kept thecheap ones and sold my Producer and also a CAD 'Silurian' ( £87 worth, silver , locking phonos, etc ...) to recoup a little cash...

 

[andrew1810]

I bought one of these a while ago (I think it was about £35 with postage, they are customs friendly though):

http://www.buyoyo.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=3829438&prmenbr=152&CGRY_NUM=251&style=1&LANGUAGE=1&curr=GBP

Providing the equipment is solid, they are excellent, but massive, pulled my DAC off the shelf!! Locking connectors are a nice plus and they look the part!!

Andrew

 

[wolfgang]

Lovely 'CROSS' cables in action.

 

[julian2002]

a pair of bullet plugs and 1/2m of shark coax from maplins 5 mins with a soddering iron and bobs your uncle. cost? about 25 quid iirc. it'll do the job but probably not as good as tone's.

cheers

julian

 

[earl of sodbury]

Thanks all for some stonkingly useful answers - if I was a journalist I'd have the makings of an intriguing group test. As it is Frank was first out of the traps, and a mighty-fine silver cable landed in my pigeon-hole this morning! Can't wait to road-test it!

Thanks again all, churz, eofs

 

[Darren]

Sorry Earl,

Not stirring the shit...but... given that Tony's cable was 'marvellous' and was loaned to you, why didn't you just buy it?

- Serious question

Darren

 

[earl of sodbury]

Darren wrote:

Sorry Earl,Not stirring the shit...but... given that Tony's cable was 'marvellous' and was loaned to you, why didn't you just buy it?

- Serious question

Darren

'Cause it's £350 and I have just taken-out a massive mortgage and still don't have a fridge or washing machine.

Serious answer.

Churz, eofs