On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 02:07:22PM -0500, Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > On 08/26/2012 01:06 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >>One way that comes to mind is to convert the stereo signal to digital > >>and send the digital signal over the balanced pair. This might be an > >>overly-complex approach -- so it depends on how much you /really/ want > >>to preserve the stereo signal. :-) > [snip] > > > >Wouldn't this cause cross-talk? "Received" digital noise by the analog > >cables, that are parallel to the digital cable? > > I'm not an authority on the subject -- but I would expect that > cross-talk would not be a problem, since all the signals are being > sent over a balanced pair. * SPDIF isn't balanced, not even impedance balanced. AES is. * SPDIF or AES probably won't survive a standard snake cable of any practical length. SPDIF requires coaxial, AES requires 110 ohm screened twisted pair. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
