Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
Anton Gysen wrote:

Can one coax S/PDIF cable *really* carry 5 or 6 channels of sound??


'Trunk' telephone co-ax or optical carries many hundreds of individual
circuits.

Yes, but that's POTS voice telephone, or if you're talking about cable
(ie NTL) lines, electric shock inducing heavy-duty coax cable.