Blue Jeans Cable coax digital cable

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Les Lammers

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I ordered one of these on a lark...$16.95 delivered. It is not settled in yet but a $400 (retail cable) does not walk all over it. What's the point? Wire is weird and there is often no correlation between price and sonics. I am not saying this is the 'greatest' or a 'giant killer' but if you use separates it is worth a shot. A 30 day return policy on a $16.95 cable? :D
 
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Likely made from Belden 1505F or 1694A. Two cables with excellent electrical properties and tightly controlled mfg. process.

BTW/FWIW, I have cables of both types from BJC...
 
I bought short lengths of BLC LC-1 interconnects, to use with a passive preamp.
Kinda hard to imagine that there is a better price/performance ratio out there, IMO?

Steve
 
I bought the coax digital cable myself about a year ago. I was very pleased with it, replaced a "name brand" I bought used for $50.
 
Hard to beat the price and quality of BJC and I've been using them for years. Our sponsor Zebra Cables basically makes the same cables using Belden wire they just finish theirs off a bit nicer.
 
I have the same cable, from my Cambridge Audio cdp to the Entech dac.

I've never used a different one, but I'm happy with it.
 
BJC takes extra care in assembling the connectors to the cable with the proper tools and attention to detail. This keeps the characteristic impedance constant at 75 Ohms. This is probably the single most important factor to have with digital cable.
 
I was torn between BJC and Zebra Cables, went with Zebra Analogue Interconnects (ZC-INTC-F) for my Amp (Heathkit SA-2 EL-84) to my CDP (Jolida JD602A) connection. Very good cable assembly, sound difference was noticed immediately. Previously I was using an inexpensive ($25.00/pr./3 ft.) pair of Vampire Wire Interconnects.
 
Are you all talking about interconnect cables between stereo pieces, or speaker wire?

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Are you all talking about interconnect cables between stereo pieces, or speaker wire?
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No, from http://www.topbits.com/digital-audio-cables.html

Coaxial Digital Cables

Coaxial digital cables are the most common type of connection cable used for digital audio. They look similar to the RCA cables that many people use and are familiar with. The only difference is that it carries digital signals instead of analog signals.

These cables look very similar to standard analog RCA cables. They are thicker than RCA cables and are shielded just like regular cable TV coaxial cables. The interference from outside signals is minimized with greater shielding.

Coaxial digital cables transmit digital signals in pulses of electricity. They consist of copper wires shielded from interference with the help of surrounding aluminum wraps. The wires are housed in a strong outer case. Coaxial digital cables used for audio applications have an impedance of 75 ohm, which means they can handle considerable energy. Also, they have a larger bandwidth than a normal RCA cable. For an affordable digital audio cable that delivers premium sound, coaxial digital cables are an extremely attractive choice.
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If Blue Jeans is using Belden and Canare, there is little chance any $400 or more cable would work any better. Chances are, they would be worse, unless they are giving you a VSWR measurement indicating that they perform better.
 
I was not trying to cause a cable war, just wondering what you all were talking about. Of course fiber optic cable will carry digital signal faster with more bandwidth in longer runs.Using coax for signal runs has been around for years, if you are running strickly digital to digital coax is good, fiber is the best. But as soon as you transfer from digital to analog, transmission becomes a whole different ball game.
 
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....... Of course fiber optic cable will carry digital signal faster with more bandwidth in longer runs.Using coax for signal runs has been around for years, if you are running strickly digital to digital coax is good, fiber is the best. .
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If you're talking about TOSlink plastic fiber, that is untrue. You get better reach with copper (S/PDIF, not AES/EBU). I think you can get about 30 ft. on a plastic fiber and closer to 100 ft on a decent copper cable.

The LED based Tx and plastic fiber of TOSlink is a low cost fiber link and is not representative of fiber optic links. Also, not that I care, jitter is usually increased with a TOSlink connection. This is probably dues to the E-O and O-E extra conversions that are required. Jitter, for me, is a red herring. Any downstream receiver will use a relatively slow responding PLL to recover the clock and doesn't respond to edge to edge jitter. In my book, there is no sonic difference between a error free copper link and an error free fiber link.
 
I have a BJC-made coax mini-to-mini cable that I use from my soundcard's digital out into my DAC. Very flexible cable, very, very well-made. I can't say I notice anything about sound quality, but the build quality is outstanding and the price is tough to beat. Plus, I had several colors from which to choose.
 
I have purchased digital coax, toslink, hdmi, interconnects and speaker wire from BJC. Great service and great wires at a better than great price.
 
Vintage stereo - Try matching vintage speaker cables. Hard to find, hard to get, but it's worth the effort.
 
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