How much of an improvement from RCA-mini to digital-digital ?

[erikiksaz]

I'll be hooking up my cd player to my computer through the Digital Out of my cd player to the Digital In of my soundcard. If i use a generic cable, such as this one, will the sound quality degrade? If so, will it be noticeable? And where else could i purchase cables for cheap, i just need something that's not uber-crap.

Good good, okay, cheap cables it is. Now sound quality wise, how much of an improvement should i expect going from the rca-mini to a digital-digital?

 

[notfred]

no.

 

[mpitts]

Originally posted by: notfred
no.

 

[erikiksaz]

Originally posted by: mpitts

Originally posted by: notfred
no.

Good good, okay, cheap cables it is. Now sound quality wise, how much of an improvement should i expect going from the rca-mini to a digital-digital?

 

[Yzzim]

this would sound better, but only because you'd be saving some $$

 

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