AES/EBU vs Co-Axial?

[StefanM]

just to be clear:
s/p-dif uses 75 Ohm coaxial cable (and is good for up to about 30feet)
aes/ebu uses 110 Ohm stp cable and (being differential & higher level) is good for much longer distances.
If your questions was about for example connecting an s/p-dif out to an aes in: yes it is possible in most cases if cable length is in the range of s/p-dif connections.
And no: there is no difference in audio signal quality...

Stefan

[rlnyc]

thanks for the info. it's basically to transfer digital info from a dat machine into a masterlink. they are right next to each other and the co-axial cable i have is a 6 foot cable. at that small distance i thought it would be ok, but wanted to get opinions from those who might know better or different.

regards,
rlnyc.

[orange]

Originally Posted by StefanM

just to be clear:
s/p-dif uses 75 Ohm coaxial cable (and is good for up to about 30feet)
aes/ebu uses 110 Ohm stp cable and (being differential & higher level) is good for much longer distances.
If your questions was about for example connecting an s/p-dif out to an aes in: yes it is possible in most cases if cable length is in the range of s/p-dif connections.
And no: there is no difference in audio signal quality...

Stefan

not strictly true..and the real situation is more complex.


spdif can be (and is) run over optical connections (toslink)
aes3 can be (and is) run over 75 coax with bnc connectors.

Protocol is more or less the same (BUT NOT IDENTICAL) and output levels vary between different flavours as you stated.

you should ideally use a matching transformer to convert one to the other (v.cheap- neutrick do one) . In practice it will 'probably' work if you just make a 'wired' adapter - but you might get glitches and dropouts. Try it and see.

don't mean to be a smart-arse but just thought it was worth painting in a bit more of the picture. thumbsup

si

[StefanM]

thumbsup

[rlnyc]

Originally Posted by StefanM

just to be clear:

If your question was about for example connecting an s/p-dif out to an aes in: yes it is possible in most cases if cable length is in the range of s/p-dif connections.

Stefan

that wasn't my question. it was only that i have two machines with both aes/ebu AND co-axial ins and outs. currently i own a co-axial cable. i wanted to find out is the aes/ebu would give a different result at short distance, or if it is acceptable to run the signal through the co-axial without having to go buy another cable.

thank you both for your input.

regards,
rlnyc

[orange]

I think that Stefan answered your question in the bit you forgot to quote/read...

Originally Posted by Stefan

And no: there is no difference in audio signal quality...

[rlnyc]

Originally Posted by orange

I think that Stefan answered your question in the bit you forgot to quote/read...

no, i was responding to your correction of the section of his reply to my question that speculated that my question was other than it was.

follow?

i understood the section of his reply that answered my question just fine. and even if your response threw me a little by it's technical elements and by it's refering to a reply to a question i didn't pose or need answered, i managed to understand it too.

thanks for your help.

best,
rlnyc

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