Bibacord Digital Interconnects

The digital interconnect cable has undergone some further important refinements in the construction and has now entered its Mk3 state. Conductors are still solid core OCC copper but we have found a slight advantage in sound using foamed FEP instead of cotton for insulation. Improvements in both geometry and mechanical damping have been made. We are very happy with the sound of this cable and hope it will be perceived as a truly state-of-the-art performer.

The balanced AES/EBU and unbalanced SPDIF share the same kind of design, only a slight difference in conductor spacing to give correct impedance. Both cables are protected from EMI/RFI by a carbon screen connected to a female banana for external grounding.

For balanced AES/EBU we have found Furutech FP-601/602 rhodium XLR to be superior to every other brand/type of XLR we have tried. For unbalanced SPDIF we use AECO ARP-4045R rhodium RCA or Oyaide SLSB-BNC. The digital cables are available in any length from 1 meter and up. However, we embrace the folklore notion of not recommending shorter digital interconnects than 1.2 meters.

A special version of the SPDIF cable intended for an external clock is also available.