What is a Line 6 LINK cable?
Product description. The L6 Link Cable features a proprietary digital networking protocol developed by Line 6 to enable easy, reliable, one-cable connectivity. 110-ohm, high-quality AES/EBU cable for optimal L6 LINK performance.
What is AES EBU cable?
AES/EBU (developed by the Audio Engineering Society and the European Broadcast Union) are the two-channel digital standard for interconnecting digital devices. AES/EBU can be single-ended, balanced, or optical, this cable is a balanced-digital interconnect.
Can I use an XLR cable as AES cable?
Generally speaking, AES cables use standard XLR connectors and can carry up to two channels of digital audio between audio devices. The most common AES/EBU cable configuration is terminated with 3-pin XLR connectors. Please note that a non-AES/EBU XLR cable will not work correctly with AES gear due to impedance issues.
Are AES and XLR cables the same?
Generally speaking, AES cables use standard XLR connectors and can carry up to two channels of digital audio between audio devices. When it’s not transmitting digital signals, an AES cable will act exactly the same as a standard XLR/microphone cable.
Is AES analog or digital?
Analog is analog. AES/EBU is digital.
What is Toslink jitter?
The problem with TosLink is that it is S/PDIF, which inherently adds jitter. The faster the rise time of the data link, the less jitter gets added. TosLink is pretty slow and the rise times are slow enough that it can barely handle the data rates for S/PDIF. So there is more jitter added than with a coaxial cable.
Is Toslink coaxial?
Coaxial SPDIF Digital audio input to a Toslink digital optical output. Examples of uses – Connect a DVD Player, Video Game system or Sound Card with a Coaxial Digital Output to a Home Theater Receiver or Digital Recorder that has a Optical Input.
Can I use XLR cable for AES?
What is AES sound?
(Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcasting Union) A professional serial interface for transferring digital audio from CD and DVD players to amplifiers and TVs. AES/EBU is typically used to transmit PCM and Dolby Digital 5.1, but is not tied to any sampling rate or audio standard.
Are all Toslink the same?
All optical cables are the same. Don’t pay a premium for any fancy glass cables. A cheap, but properly made plastic cable has better durability.
Are all Toslink outputs the same?
The wider the skirt, the higher the jitter. This means the external sound card introduced more jitter to the sound. Therefore not all optical outputs are created equal.