[Ardour-Users] Experience? Rework an external 44.1 KHz 16 bit recording

[Paul Davis]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 11:38 AM, Ralf Mardorf
<ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:

> A million years ago I copied using coaxial S/PDIF, but it wasn't a 75
> ohm cable, from my AIWA HD-S1 DAT to my Sony DTC-670 DAT and there was
> loss, not dramatic, but audible. I don't have coaxial usable for my
> sound cards, hence I would need to use a 2 m or 6 m optical waveguide.
> S/PDIF indeed seems to have loss.

digital signal transmission isn't "lossy". it either works or it
fails. that's the whole point.