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Old 10-24-2007, 02:54 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan View Post
It's digital. It either works, or it doesn't.
In theory, you are correct. However if you get a significant level of packet loss, you will have less than perfect results from an imperfect cable. Then there's issues with corrosion and oxidation. A cable that just barely works out of the box may stop working a lot sooner than one that has a good solid connection.

We saw this with optical cables back in the 90's. Cheap ones used plastic instead of glass, and over time the plastic became cloudier to the point where packet loss ended up being choppy audio.

I'm not saying that anybody should be going out and buying $100 cables or anything; just saying there is a difference between the highest end and the lowest end.
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