Meridian Unplugged - Powered by MrTechGuy.co.uk Forums Discussion HiFi & HT Chat Best Coaxial cable for DSP speaker ?

FWIW, as someone who can hear audible differences between cables, in analogue connections, and power, when I switched to DSPs, the lengths were long and I didn't have a lot of budget left, I had Mark Grant make me up some Belden 1694a with crimp Canare connectors (pretty much identical to the Blue Jeans coax SPDIF cable). It sounds great, and although I might try some Kimber when funds allow, as I swear by their analogue cables, I don't believe it's particularly influencing the sound in this application. I believe that the way in which Meridian implement MHR to transmit upsampled audio between components including to DSPs largely mitigates the differences one might otherwise notice, as it is much more robust and less prone to jitter? I certainly don't worry about it as much as other cables I have used in the past, as it just doesn't seem to warrant it. My 818 sounds wonderful, as did the 808.2i before that, using the same cables. A Naim streamer, though, sounded somewhat brighter and thinner run direct to the DSPs D2 input. My conclusion is that in this application a good quality, well constructed cable like the Belden colours the sound far less than the components it's connecting, just make sure you have MHR enabled