yes but data corruption or data loss will not make your video and audio less colorful, less sharp or audio sound softer etc....

oooo as long as they work for you .. you should be happy

im using 3 hdmi's, two bought and 1 free .. no complaints .. im happy too!!!

This post has been edited by eye: Nov 4 2009, 09:12 PM

one snoob question to ask...

does difference in digital interconnects differ in sound???

like a CD transport's digital signal to DAC's

thanks

you would think not, but it really depends on your system as a whole (source, DAC, amplification, speakers, cables, room). If it is highly resolving you can perhaps hear a difference. I doubt it makes a difference in mid range HT systems. And it won't be something you can hear very obviously either. So for HT intents and purposes, as long as the cable is not broken and properly manufactured (shielding, impedance etc within spec) cables don't differ.

However... http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=...ht=modwright&r=

or here.. http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/115776.html

or here http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/115763.html

the upshot is it may not be digitally measurable, but certainly audible.

My take is

1) the system as a whole should be balanced, there is no point using Nordost Valhalla i/cs (US$3300/m pair) to connect a Marantz CD63 to a Cambridge Audio amplifier... and

2) cables are the last thing you tweak after bringing your equipment to the same "level" - including treating the room (this has more effect on the sound than anything else other than speakers)

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Nov 4 2009, 10:25 PM

I wonder if people who said different cables doesn't make a difference actually did try or they just simply pickup what others have said or written

In other words... Digital Audio Interconnects does differ in sound.... AM I Correct to say????

There in no length of cable mention, as interconnects are merely 1metered or 2 metered pair... Am I correct to say???

there will still be a difference if i use a RM100 versus a RM1k.... 1.5metered digital interconnects. but like you say its just not "Justifiable" for a 1k cable to a RM100 CD player (illustration purposes only).... correct

what about Coaxial, optical interconnects then, does different "makes" have difference in audio quality????

99% googled, 1% tried but no notice difference...haha

cabut...

I tried.. USB cable free one and RM15 one.. no difference.. data came out same..

Oh I tot RM15 cable data more accurate

the correct response is "in my system, there was no discernible difference'

look at it this way - would you use a coax or toslink? why choose one over the other?

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Nov 4 2009, 11:17 PM

If Digital Signals is either a 0 or a 1, as ppl say either u get the signal or no signal

example:::

y is it when you use a cardas interconnect, you get better bass,
an audio quest, you get better treble
maybe van del hul, a more soothing sound

what about the transparency, soundstage, depth, etc??

as describe on provided links by bro SiriuslyCold
However... http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=...ht=modwright&r=

or here.. http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/115776.html

or here http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/cables/messages/115763.html

remember HDMI also carries Digital HD Audio......

if digital audio signals can have a difference, what about digital Video signals

is it that, certain clarity, colour, contracts, picture depth....... one is missing ????

or maybe, it should be: I did not hear any strange discomforting abrupt sounds that is associated with digital audio data loss during transmission via digital cables....

well.... one can call it placebo effect ...

but HDMI digital cables do differ in Reality ....

audio analyser speaking

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This post has been edited by robertngo: Nov 4 2009, 11:48 PM

wow.. meet USB 1.0 specs.. so high end ar?

will it be faster than this no name USB 3.0 cable?

Faster by 12ms.

Digital is 1 or 0, everybody's right.

But sending signals via cable or wireless are analog... they are waves.
I remember studying this is Form 4/5 Science.

Then the argument is when you send a 1 signal, it goes to the other side and received as 1. Same with 0. So, theoretically, there is no signal loss.

But remember, when you send a 1 signal, it is sent as a wave that is supposed to be interpreted as a 1 by the receiver. This is where interference, noise, etc. can distort the wave to make the receiver think it is a 0 instead. Error correction should fix this, but they are not fool-proof.

So cable quality should have impact on signal quality, albeit very minimal. Makes sense?

This post has been edited by cosmicmeadow: Nov 5 2009, 12:44 AM

so what happens to the audio and videowhen error correction in digital signal fails?