spdif vs. usb?

Teewok · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:30 am

when recording from ur sp 606 into something like cool edit or audacity... does spdif produce noticably better sound quality than usb?... thinking of buying a cable but the fuckin thing costs 30-40 bucks... Need to know if its worth it.. Thanks!

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:39 am

Anything is better than RCA cables, except line in/out cables.

Tator606 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:29 am

considering the 606 doesn't have rca................

Teewok · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 5:40 am

oops i mean usb ahah messed this whole post up

Euclid Ov Oåklånd · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:22 am

Oh, well than I say USB is just fine. Spdif and USB are both digital signals so there probably isn't much of a difference.

HxC · **Joined:** Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:41 pm **Posts:** 737

Teewok wrote:

when recording from ur sp 606 into something like cool edit or audacity... does spdif produce noticably better sound quality than usb?... thinking of buying a cable but the fuckin thing costs 30-40 bucks... Need to know if its worth it.. Thanks!

Probably not. By the way you don't have to buy Monster or any other expensive SPDIF- a cheapo Hosa will do just fine.

Teewok · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:01 pm

so i'm hearing alotta no... thanks for the replys ppl

PHeMoX · **Posted:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:43 pm

The difference is negligible for sure. Both digital and both equal quality connections basically. You can theoretically get latency related recording issues with USB, but that never happened for me and I sampled through USB all the time with the 606. No worries! :lol:

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