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Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« on: January 16, 2004, 12:00:48 AM »
About to get together a Markertek order and was wondering if there are any ill-effects when using digi coax cables of a long(er) length...I'm not thinking huge lengths, but maybe in the 15ft range...

thanks for any and all input

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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2004, 12:03:17 AM »
i don't think so.  its digital, so it shouldn't loose anything traveling.  I know speaker cables will degrade over lengths, but not coax.  i know daryan has a 50ft or so coax that runs from his computer to the other room where his system is.  he hasn't had any problems with it that i know of. so go for it man.  
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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2004, 12:07:51 AM »
it was the opposite for me.  when i tried to get a short prestoII, audiomagic expressed some concerns.  they wanted to make it at least 2 ft.  plucks may have more info on this.

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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2004, 01:02:31 AM »
Should not be a factor for any reasonable lengths of cable. I think 15 ft should be fine.

I think jitter is increased with digital transmission over REALLY long lengths of cable (50 ft, 100 ft, or more?? not exactly sure where it becomes a problem). But you are not looking at cabling this long.

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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2004, 12:58:49 PM »
Great links...thanks!!

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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2004, 01:18:06 PM »
digital cables can go tremendous links.   The internet is linked by digital cables that span the globe
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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2004, 01:43:15 PM »
Glad to help out  :djsmilie:
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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #8 on: January 16, 2004, 01:55:25 PM »
Quote from: mfh2014 on January 16, 2004, 12:00:48 AM
About to get together a Markertek order and was wondering if there are any ill-effects when using digi coax cables of a long(er) length...I'm not thinking huge lengths, but maybe in the 15ft range...

thanks for any and all input

matt

The only problem with a longer cable is that there is more surface area where something could get cut, punctured, severed, etc., thus ruining the cable.  But other than that it really shouldn't matter.
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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #9 on: January 16, 2004, 05:32:33 PM »
jitter is increased over longer runs. for a run of 40 or 50ft I'd use AES if possible. but 15ft? shouldn't be a problem.
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Re:Length of Digital Cables a Factor??
« Reply #10 on: January 16, 2004, 05:34:27 PM »
just have to make sure the cable is 75ohm and you should be fine.  i have a 25foot run of digicoax connecting my pc and my stereo and it's never had a problem.  it gets stepped on is under the corner of a door, yet it's had no problems.
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