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Hi all!
Normally it is no problem. I always used a normal Cinch cable as SP/DIF which was
no problem (unless the cable length doesn't exceed 1-1.5 m). That's the nice
thing about SP/DIF and AES/EBU: the format is nearly the same and the exchange of
the 2 is normally no problem!
Cheers,
Gilles

Rind wrote:

> From: Rind <bernd.h@...>
>
> >From: Joeri Vankeirsbilck <joeri@...>
> >
> >Hi Bernd,
> >
> >Question: is it possible to just add an XLR-to-cinch adapter? Will that
> >work on an
> >SPDIF cable? It's just that I have a normal SPDIF cable, but the main out
> >of my
> >Ramsa DA7 has an XLR digital out which can be set to SPDIF or AES/EBU. I
> >hope a
> >stanbard XLR-to-cinch adapter will work... but I have bad feelings about it.
> >thanks.
>
> Well, had no problems with my EMU e64. It's even in the manual, that this
> is possible.
> Just try it, use 75 Ohm video cable for SPDIF or 110 Ohm for AES. For the
> adapter I took the 75 Ohm and it worked flawlessly.
> cheers, bernd
>
>