How Do You, "line In" Your Audio From Things Other Than Pc?

[Mikami]

This may be a crazy pole, but I had to ask.

[bland10000]

I'm a combination user

Sony's optical digital cable

minidisco.com

and a Monster cable

monstercable.com

[KJ_Palmer]

You forgot one - I mostly use a digital coaxial cable when recording to my JB980 deck, secondly a TOSlink to TOSlink, but all the others too...

[ozpeter]

XLR adapters quite often, to convert from a Sony 979 (yup I mean that) mic, or sometimes even from a Sennheiser MKH-series MS stereo mic system that cost about 12x the cost of the MD recorder.

I make these quite readily using a stereo miniplug to rca x 2 lead, chop off the rca's and substitute XLR female connectors. That way you don't have to do brain-surgery-type soldering on the miniplug.

Edited March 7, 2005 by ozpeter

[dex Otaku]

There's only one real answer to this:

I use whatever cabling the equipment dictates I must use.

[Mikami]

You forgot one - I mostly use a digital coaxial cable when recording to my JB980 deck...

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Ah, I did not think about that! Yeah, decks would use a few more cables then I put on the poll!

So, how is the sound quality after using digital coaxial cables? Can you tell any difference from the original source than from the recording made with digital coaxial cables?

Thanks for the reply,

Mikami

[Mikami]

....I make these quite readily using a stereo miniplug to rca x 2 lead, chop off the rca's and substitute XLR female connectors.  That way you don't have to do brain-surgery-type soldering on the miniplug.

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Hey, good point,

Mikami