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I was just about to recommend Markertek & 1.5 meters

The theory behind the 1.5 meter length is that whatever reflections come back from the far end of the cable will arrive in the "fat part" of the "digital eye" and not where the signal is crossing the zero axis, which would be expected to cause "crossover notch distortion."

But as mentioned above, results can be expected to vary quite a bit, dependent primarily upon the reflection and jitter tolerance or immunity of the receiving unit, in this case, the DAC.

Markertek's digital cables are good. To get into diminishing returns, I have found both Cardas and Nordost cables to be excellent, but are a lot more money.

One experiment I have not tried is to send a Markertek digital cable out for cryogenic processing. But life is short and there is a lot of great music to listen to.

JM


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  • I was just about to recommend Markertek & 1.5 meters - John Marks 05/27/1210:26:54 05/27/12 (0)

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