Traveling Digital Cable Demo

MikeCh

MikeCh

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Hi Guys,

In an effort to expose more Audioshark users to our audio cable products, I'd like to start up a free "traveling digital cable demo" for a handful of AS members to trial four different Avanti Audio Allegro Digital cables:

one 1.5M 75ohm SPDIF terminated RCA to RCA
one 1.5M 75ohm SPDIF terminated RCA to BNC
one 1.5M 75ohm SPDIF terminated BNC to BNC
one 1.5M 110ohm AES/EBU terminated with XLR's

Just to clarify, Mike (site owner Mike) has given me permission to host this demo.

For more information on the cables themselves:
http://www.avantiaudio.com/Allegro_Digital_Cables.html


Here's how this will work:

1. In order to participate, your equipment must be able to accept either a single SPDIF (RCA or BNC each end) or single AES/EBU (XLR's each end) digital cable connection. Please don’t sign up if your equipment won’t support this configuration.

2. Post here and send me a PM with your shipping address, phone number and email address to get on the list along with your preference for length of each cable. E.g., SPDIF 1.5M & AES/EBU 2.0M, etc. Queue will be in order of PM received, not the posting order in this thread. For my own protection, I will need to limit the participant selection to members with more than 50 posts to their name and no less than a 3 month old membership. Moderators and regular members alike can participate, including overseas members.

3. I will create a "Shipping Order" list, and post it here so you can gauge when to estimate the cables' arrival.

ORDER SO FAR:
1. (Jerry) JDLAudio
2. (Mike) Mike
3. (Darrin) Dpod4
4. (George) octadyndude
5. (Julien) Julot
6. (Bill) Loop4fun

4. You can keep and listen with the four Digital cables for three weeks. After that time, you'll need to ship the cables back to me even if you have not managed to audition them. Please plan ahead! E.g., don't sign up for the demo if you know you're planning a month long vacation during the demo period. Upon receipt of the cables I'll check them to make sure they are good to go and ship them to the next recipient on the list.

5. For return shipping I recommend USPS Priority mail insured with tracking number as the cheapest + fastest delivery for a package this size. UPS or FedEx ground may also be used. The cables should be boxed in the materials you received them in, and insured for $640. Upon shipping the cables back to me please PM the tracking number info for my use.

6. If at any time the Digital cables are damaged (either in shipping or by mishandling/use), contact me immediately. I'll supply my contact info to all participants.


So.....who's up?
 
I have several dacs and sources in house, so I would definitely be interested. I will PM to get on the list. Thanks.
 
Very nice. These demos give people a chance to experience something they otherwise wouldn't. I recently participated in a MIT demo on another forum, and the speaker cables made a big difference in my HT. So, I ordered the new Shunyata Venom speaker cables for the HT/surround system. :)

One suggestion, for the MIT demo the moderator provided each participant with the address of the next person in the demo. That speeds things up versus going back to you, and then out again.
 
BlueFox said:
One suggestion, for the MIT demo the moderator provided each participant with the address of the next person in the demo. That speeds things up versus going back to you, and then out again.
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Hi Bud,

Having run a few of these demos over the years where I've done just as you stated above (have users ship to each other), I wanted to change this one up a little for a couple of reasons:

1. Presentation of the product. By having folks ship the cables back to me, I'll be able to check them out for cosmetics and function before repackaging and shipping on to the next user. First impressions mean a lot and I'd rather know the cables are being presented to everyone in the queue the same way the first person in the queue will receive them.

2. Shipping costs if we have overseas takers. I'll incur the costs of shipping overseas instead of the user that's ahead of the overseas user in the queue.


We will try and keep the cables moving along with a minimum of delays.
 
Spdif RCA demo for me if you have room. I can compare to audience au24se and kimber d60
 
Anyone else want to demo the Digital cables?

Might be an interesting exercise for those of you with existing digital cables to compare.
 
Bump.

It's looking like only Jerry and Darrin are interested at this time?
 
MikeCh said:
Jerry, will the 1.5M length be OK for you in both SPDIF and AES/EBU?
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That length will be fine. On the SPDIF cable, it would be better to have BNC/RCA.......as I have more combinations that fit those connectors. I only have one scenario that will use RCA/RCA. I can use adapters if needed. But that is supposedly a no-no, depending on which company/manufacture you talk to ???

Thanks...........Jerry-
 
JDLaudio said:
That length will be fine. On the SPDIF cable, it would be better to have BNC/RCA.......as I have more combinations that fit those connectors. I only have one scenario that will use RCA/RCA. I can use adapters if needed. But that is supposedly a no-no, depending on which company/manufacture you talk to ???

Thanks...........Jerry-
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Hi Jerry,

Adding a third SPDIF 1.5M BNC to RCA cable will be no problem, glad to supply it. So, a total of three 1.5M cables will ship: SPDIF RCA to RCA, SPDIF RCA to BNC and AES/EBU XLR's.

I'm curious about your various configurations...are the BNC side of the connections typically inputs or outputs on your gear? I've always wondered why manufacturers have seemingly never landed on a standard for SPDIF using BNC vs. RCA connectors not to mention either BNC or RCA might be an input or an output and sometimes one connector type is used for both.
 
MikeCh said:
Hi Jerry,

Adding a third SPDIF 1.5M BNC to RCA cable will be no problem, glad to supply it. So, a total of three 1.5M cables will ship: SPDIF RCA to RCA, SPDIF RCA to BNC and AES/EBU XLR's.

I'm curious about your various configurations...are the BNC side of the connections typically inputs or outputs on your gear? I've always wondered why manufacturers have seemingly never landed on a standard for SPDIF using BNC vs. RCA connectors not to mention either BNC or RCA might be an input or an output and sometimes one connector type is used for both.
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There is nothing that is typical about sources or dacs. My Bryston BDP-2 player has BNC output...... my Baetis server has BNC output.......Sim Moon Super Nova CD player has RCA, and the Lumin S-1 has BNC output. Dacs are (2) with RCA imputs , (2) with BNC imputs.........so it's 50/50.
 
JDLaudio said:
There is nothing that is typical about sources or dacs. My Bryston BDP-2 player has BNC output...... my Baetis server has BNC output.......Sim Moon Super Nova CD player has RCA, and the Lumin S-1 has BNC output. Dacs are (2) with RCA imputs , (2) with BNC imputs.........so it's 50/50.
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Ok, thanks for clarifying Jerry.

Would it make sense for me to just go ahead and include a fourth BNC > BNC SPDIF cable in order to allow all possible combinations on your end?
 
MikeCh said:
Ok, thanks for clarifying Jerry.

Would it make sense for me to just go ahead and include a fourth BNC > BNC SPDIF cable in order to allow all possible combinations on your end?
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That would make for a great package that would cover every one's needs. Great idea !! Thanks.......Jerry-
 
MikeCh said:
Will do. I'll get the cables built this weekend....
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Thanks. I'm looking forward to a shootout. They will have some tough competition. But I try real hard to make reasonably priced cables be the equal of my expensive reference cables. Thanks for your efforts.
 
Hi Mike - I would love to try a one meter digital RCA to digital RCA cable and a one meter AES/EBU cable (XLR to XLR).

Mike
 
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