what is the best way to run digital into behringer deq2496

[peterS]

i've both optical and digital coax outputs on my cdplayer
i will probably also incorporate a universal player/dvd player too so may need to utilize one of each
as that is what the deq2496 has http://www.partsexpress.com/pdf/248-2496661m.pdf

regardless i prefer the idea of digital coaxial as i was looking forward to silver cat coax cable... but it seems too many connectors are needed
as pictured here http://home.pacbell.net/lordpk/cable...S_Transformer/

[Kal Rubinson]

There are simple optical-to-coax converters, some with switches.

Kal

[Russ L]

Isn't coax better than optical? Given that I only have one coax out on my Univeral DVD Player can I split my coax digital and run one line to my Benchmark DAC1 and the other to the digital in on my RSX 1057? -Russ

[audioqueso]

No, you are not going to hear the difference between coax and optical in such a short run. It's a psychological thing more than anything else. I prefer coax for the simple reason that it's one less processing step; taking the 0s and 1s and changing it to an optical signal, then converting it back. Coax it straight 1s and 0s from equipment to equipment. No one can truthfully hear that processing difference until their equipment is crapped, but I like it because I know in the back of my mind it's one step shorter in processing.

[peterS]

this wont help me http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=180-961


ill probably just go the cost effective route of optical + this guy http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=180-964

[peterS]

No, you are not going to hear the difference between coax and optical in such a short run. It's a psychological thing more than anything else. I prefer coax for the simple reason that it's one less processing step; taking the 0s and 1s and changing it to an optical signal, then converting it back. Coax it straight 1s and 0s from equipment to equipment. No one can truthfully hear that processing difference until their equipment is crapped, but I like it because I know in the back of my mind it's one step shorter in processing.

the whole diffraction of light inside the cable and at the conections makes me cringe too

[Brandon B]

More than the signal reflectance and smearing of electrical signals?

BB

[peterS]

so does anyone know how to hook digital coax into the behringer?

[Kal Rubinson]

This thread is longer than necessary. If you have S/PDIF coax and you want to feed it to the Behringer DEQ2496, you just get a coax-to-TOSlink convertor or a coax-to-AES/EBU convertor, since those are the two available digital input options. You can choose any of the outputs that work although, again, you may want to adapt one of them to coax-S/PDIF. Why won't that do?

(Of course, you could use the TOSlink output of the player directly.)

Kal

[peterS]

cant find a coax-to-aes/ebu converter
what are the differences in signal or is it just a conection type of the same digital transmission

[Kal Rubinson]

S/PDIF to AES/EBU? AudioAlchemy made several DTI devices which will do that as does the Perpetual Technology P1-A that I still have. None of them were cheap enough for this application although they have other advantages. AA also made an active digital cable driver, the DST, which would do this, I recall.

AES/EBU is similar to S/PDIF but there are signal format, level and, of course, it is balanced. I do know that people have used one side of the AES/EBU to drive an S/PDIF input but I am not sure if the reverse is feasible.

What have you got against TOSLink? It will be indistinguishable from S/PDIF in this application.

Kal

[Kal Rubinson]

S/PDIF to AES/EBU? AudioAlchemy made several DTI devices which will do that as does the Perpetual Technology P1-A that I still have. None of them were cheap enough for this application although they have other advantages. AA also made an active digital cable driver, the DST, which would do this, I recall. There are commercial converters which I Googled easily. Try this: http://shopper.cnet.com/4014-7855_9-31951014.html

AES/EBU is similar to S/PDIF but there are signal format, level and, of course, it is balanced. I do know that people have used one side of the AES/EBU to drive an S/PDIF input but I am not sure if the reverse is feasible. See this link for the details:

http://www.rane.com/note149.html

What have you got against TOSLink? It will be indistinguishable from S/PDIF in this application.

Kal