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RE: New iMac, now what?

Posted by Duster (M) on July 24, 2016 at 13:20:39

In Reply to: New iMac, now what? posted by SteveBrown on July 23, 2016 at 16:55:31:

I have an iMac with external FireWire 800 drive located in a corner alcove of my listening room, and use a 35 foot Toslink cable to run the signal via digital optical output across the listening room. But rather than connecting the Toslink cable directly to the DAC, I connect it to a Monarchy Audio DIP (Digital Interface Processor) for jitter reduction, signal conditioning, conversion from digital optical to digital electrical interface, then to the DAC via a short-length 0.5 meter AES/EBU digital cable. Careful selection of a Toslink cable that will pass signal 35 feet away is vital (a 35 foot Monoprice Premium Toslink Cable is surprisingly good), and if an even longer distance is required, an active (not passive) splitter/repeater can be used to extend the distance without sonic degradation if an audiophile quality linear power supply is implemented for the active splitter/repeater device. As for a controller, I run a 35 foot HDMI cable for *video only" across the room (Toslink for audio), and use a wireless mouse and keyboard as a controller.

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