In Reply to: Benchmark DAC and sound from computer posted by abrahavt on September 27, 2004 at 04:49:10:
You can run quite a long S/PDIF or AES/EBU digital cable, but you will be introducing a lot of jitter, which defeats the whole purpose for the Benchmark DAC. It may be somewhat jitter insensitive, but I will bet that you will notice a difference between a 1.5m cable and a 6 meter cable. You would be better off to run a long USB cable from your computer and then convert to S/PDIF either before the DAC or inside the DAC. The length of the USB cable will not affect the jitter or sound quality, and is limited to 5 meters without a hub and 15 meters with a hub.
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