http://www.mitcables.com/pdf/AARM2c3d.pdf
I post this purely to generate some discussion.
I wonder what is inside the lump in the cable and how they think it works to alter a digital signal with a passive device.
I post this purely to generate some discussion.
I wonder what is inside the lump in the cable and how they think it works to alter a digital signal with a passive device.
Here's the referenced patent: http://www.google.com/patents?id=14ofAAAAEBAJ&dq=5412356
Price is a bit steep... 🙄
Does it make sense?
I cannot see what he means on the first page, left, between lines 31 and 48, where he talks about cable capacitance and rise times etc. It seems contradictory - or is it me?
And VERY expensive for a handful of cap, resistors, switch, knob and a box!
I cannot see what he means on the first page, left, between lines 31 and 48, where he talks about cable capacitance and rise times etc. It seems contradictory - or is it me?
And VERY expensive for a handful of cap, resistors, switch, knob and a box!
Well, for that kind of money, the cable could have some pretty exotic circuitry in it ... like hi-rez A 2 D and D 2 A converters plus some actual equalization filters, etc., etc... 
My question would be: Why do all that in the cable? Isn't that done in the computer already ... or in the DAC ??
My question would be: Why do all that in the cable? Isn't that done in the computer already ... or in the DAC ??
poynton said:
You are forgetting the är-”ti-ky&-’lA-sh&n.
A tweakable spdif cable is pretty much the wet dream of any self-respecting audiophile. Not cheap but imagine how much you can save by squeezing a whole cable collection into one.
Seriously, a great commercial concept. The bloody spdif thingie is so sensitive to tweaking, that even if all the knob did was compressing mechanically the cable, it would still make a difference.
By changing the characteristic impedance one can produce all types of sound.
And all of it wrong.
I saw that, definitly not optical. They basically have a stupid passive EQ of some type that probably cost about $2.00 in parts, slapped it inline with some cables and said.. Oh what the heck, $3K sounds like a well rounded number. I hate Snake oil selling tards.
Are you trying to tell me you can hear a difference if a cable simply has pressure applied to it..? *LOL*
analog_sa said:
If you're getting reflections, change the value of the two cent termination resistor at the receiving end of the transmission line.
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