In Reply to: DIY Silver AudioQuest VSD-5 / Valab Carbon RCA Digital Coaxial Cable Report posted by Duster on April 3, 2011 at 12:02:57:
Image: TDK NF-C09 Digital Noise AbsorberAs many audiophiles have already found, ferrite beads most often fail to deliver improved sonics without major sonic degradation when clamped on the end of various cables. However, the issue may depend on the effective strength of certain sized beads, and/or particular applications, and/or particular cables for that matter. Most often it's just best to simply not fiddle with them.
In the case of the DIY Silver AudioQuest VSD-5/Valab Carbon RCA digital coaxial cable project, I was very surprised (and obviously quite pleased) to find that a TDK NF-C09 Digital Noise Absorber when placed on the load end of the cable while connecting a DVD player to a DAC improved the performance in a substantial manner, especially clarity and imaging without any audiophile minded caveats I that could detect.
I suggest that folks experiment with a similar sized ferrite bead (9mm max cable OD) if they may choose to build this particular DIY digital cable project. Otherwise, in most cases a ferrite bead is often a disappointing tweak that winds up being tossed into an orphaned electronic parts box....
Edits: 04/14/11
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- Addendum: TDK NF-C09 Digital Noise Absorber - Duster 19:33:53 04/14/11 (0)