fiber optic cable?

[PV Audio]

should i run one of these to my pioneer cd player? it has the connections and people keep telling me that its like night and day between FO and RCAs (i think bs personally, but i've never heard a fiber optic system), anyone use fiber optics?

[req]

um.

wouldnt the cables cost an assload of money?

and does the amp take in fiber optic?

[Black_Jesus]

very very hard to run a optical system in a car that wasnt originally designed with one, you have to make SURE that the cable is in no way stressed or pinched because it WILL fck your signal and once the cable is fcked u need a new one... and optical can only go so far without needing to be amped, depending on the source unit how much power it is feeding into it of course...


mmmm DWM...

[PV Audio]

to req: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=180-948 and yes the amp takes fiber optic

to BJ: it is in a home setup, hence the home audio forum

[Black_Jesus]

sorry, car audio forum, didnt notice i was in the home section lol

and dam u for following me around =P lol

[PV Audio]

sorry, car audio forum, didnt notice i was in the home section lol

and dam u for following me around =P lol

you know why i'm following you

[req]

to req: http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=180-948 and yes the amp takes fiber optic

to BJ: it is in a home setup, hence the home audio forum

so the amp will take it, it can be ran with no issues.

why the feck not? give it a try- and you tell us how you like it... but make sure you test the differences.

[PV Audio]

so the amp will take it, it can be ran with no issues.

why the feck not? give it a try- and you tell us how you like it... but make sure you test the differences.

yah, i was wondering if anyone has one and could tell me if they like theirs. ima try it out. my test tracks are as follows (you NEED THESE if ur an audiophile):

John Coltrane - track three off Love Supreme Disc 1 (drum line in the beginning is INSANE)

Ellis Marsalis - entire Heart of Gold CD

George Albright - Georgia on my Mind (live at birdman(imo, my favorite jazz song))

Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Tim Burton - Country Roads (like minds cd)

Franz Lizst - Hungarian Rhapsody II

Miles Davis - Jam

Fourplay - Can't it Wait 'til Morning (elixir cd)

Michael Jackson - Stranger in Moscow (a good system, and this song will make you cry)

Joshua Redman - Sweet Sorrow (BEAUTIFUL)

Thelonious Monk - The Columbia Years (entire set OWNS joo)

Beethoven - Sonata #8 Pathetique (i can play this track(i've played piano for 12 yrs) but nothing compares to a classical pianist on an 8ft grand piano OMG)

and of course...

Illogic - First Trimester

Illogic - I Wish He Would Make Me

[nosaj070]

You will most likely notice a difference, but it has a lot to do with your amplifer and speakers more than the type of cable. Theoretically though the digital cable should be better than the RCA's.

[JimJ]

Always run the digital/optical inputs if you have 'em...no reason not to.

[bean]

What kind of gear are you using? You may or may not get better sound. The optical cable will bypass the digital to ananlog converter in the CD player and use the one in the reciever. If the reciever has a better D/A converter then you're in luck! It will sound better.

Also, it is a CD player right? Not DVD?

[PV Audio]

cd player

[cobra133]

I'm using optical cables on a kenwood reciever. They do sound better. How much better? hard to say. Honestly, its the las thing you want to upgrade. If you dont have good speakers, you'll never notice.

[gargoyle]

If you're planning on running a digital cable between your receiver and your cd player, you should be using a digital coaxial cable as your primary choice and the optical only if you don't have that available to you. Optical cables produce something referred to as jitter, hence a reason that companies produce jitter reduction boxes, digital coaxial cables don't have this problem and have a stable signal up to 50feet. A digital coax. jack should look like an ordinary rca jack, except for the fact that it will be orange or black in color (and should say coax.) Keep in mind though, unless you have extemely expensive interconnects ($200+) then the optical cable is still going to be superior to the standard analog.

[JimJ]

Keep in mind though, unless you have extemely expensive interconnects ($200+)

I would maintain that anything over $100 per meter inteconnects are past the point of diminishing returns, but to each their own...