Digital interconnects - all the same?

Hamster · 13 Mar 2009 at 22:30

I'm about to hook up my AV receiver and am now looking to buy cables for my system. It's a set of Quad L-ite 5.1 speakers and an Arcam AVR280 amp, a Pioneer DVD player and a Sky HD box.

I'm aware that HDMI cables all do pretty much the same thing up to a certain length but is this also the case with optical and coaxial interconnects?
Which brands would you recommend or stay clear of? (I'm not going to buy Monster btw!!)

Also, how about subwoofer cables? What would you recommend for, let's say a 2m length?

Thanks

JM

Hamster · 14 Mar 2009 at 08:40

Caged said:
All digital interconnects will perform the same - if they don't then they are broken.

Thanks

I did hear that a coaxial interconnect is only supposed to be used in short lengths but i don't know how true that is.

Grimley said:
+1. Have a look at Mark Grant cables for a Subwoofer connector.

Thanks

Would the Mark Grant Canare LV77S (£20) be better than (EDIT: (quoted wrong cable!!)) the QED Qunex P-SW Subwoofer Cable which is £12?

Hamster · 14 Mar 2009 at 09:23

cram said:
If you believe all digital cables will behave the same then it doesn't matter who you get it from

Bizarre! Are subwoofer cables digital? Is screening not important?

Hamster · 14 Mar 2009 at 11:02

Thanks dave

Hamster · 18 Mar 2009 at 04:30

Thanks for the advice and suggestions. I've gone for Fisual optical and coaxial cables and a Mark Grant subwoofer cable.