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Old 11-11-2008, 13:20
JamesBsheppard
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I want to connect my PC to my hi fi using coax to play back mp3 files,they are 6m apart will a digital signal travel that far?
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Old 11-11-2008, 13:31
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Should be fine as long as you use a reasonable quality lead. And that doesn't mean going to Comet and being conned into buying a £100 + Monster cable that probably only costs them 3 quid!

I've run "domestic" digital up to 20m without too many serious problems. Though for long runs converting it to balanced format (sort of "semi-pro" AES format) does help a lot. But probably a bit overkill in this instance.
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Old 11-11-2008, 13:38
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Thanks for the fast reply,I was thinking of using a masterplug sub-woofer cable
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Old 11-11-2008, 13:54
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Ideally you should be using 75 ohm cable. This will certainly help minimise problems over this kind of length. A random example being...

http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/level5/mo...cpc/252188.xml

Though they come in 5 or 10m lengths not 6.
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