Is there any difference between a coaxial digital audio cable and a "regular" rca cable?
Assuming there is a difference:
Is there any difference in quality between using a coaxial digital audio connection and an optical one?
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Jon B. - Aug 19, 2007 6:45:54 pm PDT #2451 of 25496
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Sean K - Aug 19, 2007 9:05:43 pm PDT #2452 of 25496
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Is there any difference between a coaxial digital audio cable and a "regular" rca cable?
I'm pretty sure the answer is "no," but NoiseDesign or omnis audis would be able to give you a more confident and correct answer.
NoiseDesign - Aug 19, 2007 9:30:44 pm PDT #2453 of 25496
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Well, technically yes. The cables designed for digital have a different resistance than regular RCA cables. You can end up with jitter and some other artifacts with bad digital connections. If you need to use a random RCA cable for digital audio, use one designed to carry video and you should be okay.
As for optical or coaxial, there are different arguments for both. One of the advantages for optical is that you eliminate the possibility of a ground loop causing interference in your signal. The downside with optical is that some cables can once again cause jitter and minor clocking issues due to reflections down the cable. I tend to think it's a pretty level field between the two, it mainly depends on what the problems are that are presented by a particular installation.
Jon B. - Aug 20, 2007 3:04:49 am PDT #2454 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks ND!
tommyrot - Aug 20, 2007 6:14:29 am PDT #2455 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So. MS SQL Server 2005. I wanna drop some (or detach) tables where the data and log files no longer exist. Can't do it from the SQL Server Management Studio, as the fact that the files are missing causes an error.
Maybe switching the database to single-user mode first might work, except we can't get to the database properties using SQL Server Management Studio.
eta: Managed to find proper SQL commands to do what I want.
ALTER DATABASE mydatabase SET OFFLINE
DROP DATABASE mydatabase
esse - Aug 20, 2007 3:32:00 pm PDT #2456 of 25496
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Tom Scola - Aug 20, 2007 3:47:56 pm PDT #2457 of 25496
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Even though I'm a big Apple fan, I'm gonna say go with the Toshiba.
omnis_audis - Aug 20, 2007 3:51:42 pm PDT #2458 of 25496
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esse - Aug 20, 2007 4:07:39 pm PDT #2459 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I'm waffling. My first inclination is to go for the Apple, but my Powerbook (from '02!) is still in pretty good shape. I have this Dell, a D600 that's about three years old now, and is starting to show some wear and tear. Not surprising since I've toted it all over the bloody world, but I think it's slightly more sensible to replace the PC than the Mac right now. Having a large hard drive and a DVD burner would be keen too.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2007 4:09:35 pm PDT #2460 of 25496
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, I think I actually got the cable remote to turn the new TV on and off, but two things: One is that the TV is weirdly picky about seeing the remote signal (even the one that came with it) and it actually works easier when I point the remote at the wall. The other thing is that the TV does this whole start up thing and turns the volume down and whatnot, so am I not actually supposed to turn it off all the time?
Technology is hard.