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USB, ethernet, optical, coaxial and AES/EBU cables for streaming and digital audio. The connections between computers, servers, streamers and DACs.
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Digital cable, and why it is not only data
A digital cable either delivers the data or it does not, but that is only half the story. Timing errors and electrical noise travel along the cable alongside the signal and arrive at the DAC, where both affect what comes out of the analogue stage. This is why digital cables can sound different from one another despite carrying identical data.
Choose by connection first. USB is the most common link from a computer or streamer to a DAC. Ethernet carries network audio and is the fastest growing area in digital hi-fi. Optical isolates two components electrically, which helps where noise is a problem, but has bandwidth limits at high sample rates. Coaxial S/PDIF generally handles higher rates and keeps a direct electrical connection. AES/EBU on XLR is the professional standard and appears on higher end transports and DACs.
Impedance is not optional on coaxial and AES/EBU, at 75 ohm and 110 ohm respectively, so a standard interconnect is not a substitute even though the plugs fit. Tell us the source, the DAC and the sample rates involved and we will tell you which connection to use.
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NEWAudioQuest
AudioQuest Cinnamon USB Type A to Type Micro B Data Cable - 0.75m Ex DemoSKU: AQ Cinnamon USB A-Micro B Ex Demo 0.75m USB A to Micro B
£66.63 £83.29Ex. VAT ✓ Save £16.66For many applications, the speed of digital communication is important. Most visibly, "speed" is about transferring large files as quickly as possible, or carrying enough data for an HD video. -
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AudioQuest
AudioQuest Carbon USB Type C to Type B Data Cable - 0.75m Ex DemoSKU: Carbon USB CB Ex Demo 0.75m USB Type C to Type B
£126.00 £157.50Ex. VAT ✓ Save £31.50AudioQuest USB Type-C cables featuring conductor materials and construction techniques that have allowed AQ’s other USB cables to achieve “Best-In-Class” recognition worldwide.
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Supra
Supra ZAC Fibre Optic Digital Interconnect - Mini TosLink - 0.15m Ex DemoSKU: Supra ZAC Mini Ex Demo 0.15m Toslink to Mini Toslink
£27.20 £34.00Ex. VAT ✓ Save £6.80ZAC stands for Zero Attenuation Concept. The innovative furbished curving of the optical fibre core tip to get a zero divergence loss enables plastic fibre optics to be used at all, and to achieve the same transmission quality as of a glass fibre core in combination with the strength and flexibility of the plastic core.
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NEWWireworld
Wireworld Chroma 8 Digital Audio Cable - 3m RCA to RCA Ex DemoSKU: Chroma 8 Digital Ex Demo 3m RCA to RCA
£46.63 £58.29Ex. VAT ✓ Save £11.66The superior quality of Wireworld’s exclusive Gold-Tube™ RCA plugs and parallel oxygen-free copper conductors in the patented DNA Helix design, enable Chroma 8 to outperform conventional coaxial cables that sell for far more. Available in either RCA to RCA termination, or BNC to BNC. -
SALEEntreq
Entreq Primer Pro Network Cable w/ Ground Box - Special Offer - Black November DealSKU: Entreq Primer Plus Network
£258.29 £366.67Ex. VAT ✓ Save £108.38The Primer Pro RJ45 cable is largely influenced by Entreq's top model cables - Apollo and Atlantis.
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£13.29Ex. VATIf you already own a standard size (both ends) Toslink cable then the 3.5mm Toslink adaptor is the perfect solution. The adapter allows for a step-down from the standard Toslink connector purchase to the 3.5mm size found on many laptop computers today. -
£13.29Ex. VATAudioQuest USB B to Micro B Adaptor -
£22.46Ex. VATAudioQuest's HDMI-In to DVI-Out Adaptor, 24K Gold Plated Contacts. -
£22.46Ex. VATAudioQuest MHL to HDMI Adaptor. This amazing adapter will allow you to connect your mobile phone to your TV or home theatre system via a HDMI cable or any other device with a HDMI port. -
£29.12Ex. VATAudioQuest Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adaptor -
From£16.66Ex. VATThanks to pure materials, precise processing, and modern technology, it transfers digital video signals between HDMI™ and DVI-D devices. -
SALEFrom£177.08 £208.33Ex. VAT ✓ Save £31.25The Blue Heaven digital interconnect is a true 75 Ohm conductor. Employing a micro mono-filament, co-axial construction, this advanced topology allows us to achieve superior electrical performance
NOTE: Lengths longer than 1m usually ship within 7-10 days.
