On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 16:57:36 -0000, "Wally"
wrote:

Chris Morriss wrote:

True, I hadn't looked far enough back up the thread.

It was quoted in the post you replied to, as was the idiot's claim that
any-old-crap phono lead would do "For any length!". As soon as I read the
thick **** saying that, I immediately thought of a 100m drum of the stuff.
Then I remembered that BT used to have repeaters in their early PCM systems
and found myself wondering why. Then I realised that he was spouting total
****e.


Please please stop twisting multiple threads of mine to suit your own
needs.

First, any old crap phono lead will do for a digital signal, if you
bothered to read my post incontext you will note I was refering to the
free ones that come with all 'hi-fi' seperates.

Second, as for length, let use our brains here. When I said any length
I meant, any length that you might reasonable need for a home cinema
setup. We are talking 10's of meters here, not 100's. Next time I'll
be more precise.

Third (for Ian this one), it is cheaper to make your own leeds,
suitable cheap cable will set you back 20p p/meter, with plastic phono
plus cost 20p each.By my calcs thats £1.40 for 5m.

Summary (So as not to lose the point of this whole thread): The point
being the original poster asked what he should use and the answer is
Coax NOT Optical because the Coax route (if you follow my advice about
using free phono leeds that come with all hi-fi seperates) IS cheaper
than any Optical cable on the market. I challenge you to rebute this
statement with 'he's sputing total ****e'.

Ray.