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Tyler Durden · 08-28-2001, 11:08 PM

Aaaahhhh Nooooooooo - not this old can of worms again. People tend to get very, very heated about this one but just to say that the argument that digital data is a load of 1's and 0's and therefore nothing else matters is a load of old tosh. And Chromy, no offence but your post above is a load of old rubbish quite honestly (see, I'm getting heated already

) Comparing the internet and fonts and so on is ludicrous beyond belief and bears no relation whatsoever to the task at hand. I will not go too far deeply into this one (I have done so before and am certain there are some of my papers on this forum somewhere to peruse) suffice to say that if Chromy and 1138 and so on are correct then ALL CD players, DVD Players, Digital Radios, Digital TVs and so on WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME - which is clearly not the case at all. Yes a digital data stream is a 1 or a 0 but there is something called corruption of data - hence the fact that ALL CD PLAYERS HAVE ERROR CORRECTION - hardly necessary if Chromy et al are to be believed and this is one of the many basis in terms of differing sound quality with varying mediums used in the construction of cables.
(What that sentence meant I have no idea but I'm sure you get the gist)

I personally always connect my gear with coax cables, where appropriate obviously - I use a Chord Prodac silver cable. I find this vastly superior to optical and I at least can hear a big enough difference betwen this and other coax and optical cables so that I can make an informed choice. I have asked many, many times for people on this board to do comparisons but nobody has of yet - at least nobody's replied yet. If you can, ask your dealer to lend you some cables - try:

Chord coax cable
Van den Hul The First Ultimate
Ixos Optical cable

If you audition these side by side and cannot hear any difference whatsoever then I will be very, very surprised - so surprised that I frankly wouldn't believe you - so there.

Go ahead and try it - I genuinely think you will be very surprised by the results.

T

[This message has been edited by Tyler Durden (edited 08-28-2001).]

08-28-2001, 11:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tyler Durden Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: London	Aaaahhhh Nooooooooo - not this old can of worms again. People tend to get very, very heated about this one but just to say that the argument that digital data is a load of 1's and 0's and therefore nothing else matters is a load of old tosh. And Chromy, no offence but your post above is a load of old rubbish quite honestly (see, I'm getting heated already ) Comparing the internet and fonts and so on is ludicrous beyond belief and bears no relation whatsoever to the task at hand. I will not go too far deeply into this one (I have done so before and am certain there are some of my papers on this forum somewhere to peruse) suffice to say that if Chromy and 1138 and so on are correct then ALL CD players, DVD Players, Digital Radios, Digital TVs and so on WOULD BE EXACTLY THE SAME - which is clearly not the case at all. Yes a digital data stream is a 1 or a 0 but there is something called corruption of data - hence the fact that ALL CD PLAYERS HAVE ERROR CORRECTION - hardly necessary if Chromy et al are to be believed and this is one of the many basis in terms of differing sound quality with varying mediums used in the construction of cables. (What that sentence meant I have no idea but I'm sure you get the gist) I personally always connect my gear with coax cables, where appropriate obviously - I use a Chord Prodac silver cable. I find this vastly superior to optical and I at least can hear a big enough difference betwen this and other coax and optical cables so that I can make an informed choice. I have asked many, many times for people on this board to do comparisons but nobody has of yet - at least nobody's replied yet. If you can, ask your dealer to lend you some cables - try: Chord coax cable Van den Hul The First Ultimate Ixos Optical cable If you audition these side by side and cannot hear any difference whatsoever then I will be very, very surprised - so surprised that I frankly wouldn't believe you - so there. Go ahead and try it - I genuinely think you will be very surprised by the results. T [This message has been edited by Tyler Durden (edited 08-28-2001).]