Keep your eyes wyde as they say and Caveat emptor. Check out these Ebay item numbers for reasonable and significantly cheaper alternatives that offer the same quality level as the so-called 'premium' or 'wyde-eye' stuff. The advertising that accompanies these products also diminishes the engineering credentials of such companies. Brands such as these selling specific 'high-quality' word-clock cables are verging very close to 'Audiophile/audiofool' territory. Don't over-think these very simple cables, and avoid the overpriced Apogee and BLA stuff. I use these to send word-clock out of the multiple outputs of my Mytek converter to a number of digital pieces (RME Digital soundcard, digital backup recorder etc.), as well as for carrying Madi digital audio data. There are also very high quality RGB 75 ohm cables made by both Belden and Canare for use in the TV/video fields, that can operate as very high quality word clock or even Madi cables.
You can purchase Neutrik/Canare or other quality connectors and DIY. I use Van damme cables.on high kickĪs mentioned above, speak to Redco who will do good quality custom lengths, or simply purchase some good quality Canare or Belden 75 ohm coaxial cable and make up your own word-clock cables to your desired lengths. Last thing I wish to do is degrade the quality of my expensive converters due to a cheap cable. I know there's been debate as to whether or not the cable quality matters much in terms of passing perfect clock signal, but as I understand it, digital clock info needs to be picosecond-perfect with no interference or ground loops, must be proper impedance, etc. Looking for something pre-made and ready to use as I do not have a BNC connector crimper etc.
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I'd like a heavy-duty, reliable cable for professional use. In the meantime, what type of word clock cables are people using these days? I greatly fear any of the ultra el-cheapo molded plastic crap type cables (like Hosa or whatever), don't want any part of that. I need a new batch of word clock cables now and after searching around it appears that Apogee either no longer sells word clock cables or they only offer in one size. In the past I've used only the Apogee "Wyde Eye" word clock (BNC) cables for my word clock connections, these were said to be the best around.
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