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New member Username: BlaronnKS Post Number: 3 Registered: Jan-05 | I've seen a lot of questions on this topic and I'm curious myself as I'm hoping to send audio from my PC to a receiver over a 75+ ft distance. I also thought it would be convenient to have this info in one place to help others in the future. So, assuming quality cables are used, what maximum length might one reasonably expect cables to perform reliably? 1) Digital Audio Coax/RCA 2) Digital Audio Optical/TosLink 3) Analog Composite/RCA 4) USB 5) Speaker wire 6) Others? |
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Gold Member Username: SamijubalPost Number: 2268 Registered: Jul-04 | A lot of it depends on the equipment being used and how strong the signal is to begin with. I've used 4 different satellite receivers to send a composite signal 40', 2 of them did it with very little or no loss, one of them was far to crappy to watch, the other one is OK, but not as good as it is over a short run. The best way to send signals a long distance is high quality RG6 cable. |
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New member Username: BlaronnKS Post Number: 4 Registered: Jan-05 | Were you using a high quality RG6 in your four examples? If so I'd think my 75' could pose problems. |
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Gold Member Username: SamijubalPost Number: 2270 Registered: Jul-04 | I used good quality RG6, not the best quality I've seen. I used the best cable I could find where I am. Audio is a far less complicated signal than video, the audio is fine, it's the video that isn't as good on some equipment. |
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Anonymous | Related question, I would like to run a composite audio L/R from one receiver to another at 25' away. Is that too far for just the audio signal?? Newbie question, what is RG6?? |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 5642 Registered: Dec-03 | RG6 http://www.cabling-design.com/interaction/tips/28Sep20012.shtml |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 5643 Registered: Dec-03 | If you want to make your own http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/audio_video_bulk.html |
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New member Username: BlaronnKS Post Number: 5 Registered: Jan-05 | Follow up question: Is signal quality effected at all by using a coupler ( Anonomous, I believe RG6 = similar but newer & better than RG59. |
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New member Username: BlaronnKS Post Number: 6 Registered: Jan-05 | While I'm at it I might as well also ask... I'm not sure what to look for to determine cable quality. Would this qualify as a "quality" cable? Thanks for all your help!! |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 5707 Registered: Dec-03 | Read up on this http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/cables.htm |
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New member Username: BlaronnKS Post Number: 7 Registered: Jan-05 | Thanks for the link Berny. Well, I've done my reading and still don't have the answers. I certainly appreciate the desire to have posters do their homework and not ask questions that have easy to find answers. The answers to my questions don't seem so obvious though. Care to provide another clue, or maybe even an answer? |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 5790 Registered: Dec-03 | RG59 and RG6 are the same 75 Ohm cables. Their difference lies in the gauge of the core. RG59 is usually 22 AWG vs RG6 which is 18 AWG. RG6 - solid copper core RG59 -solid or stranded/braide RG6 -shielded with aluminum foil sheath as opposed RG59 - braided copper wire shield |
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Gold Member Username: Project6Post Number: 5791 Registered: Dec-03 | I think the DVI cables you were looking at are the same quality as the Recoton/generic cables. I don't think that they are well made at all. |