Digital coax cables

[Paul S.]

I have an el cheapo coax that came with my Sony reciver and DVD player (to hook digital sound to reciever from DVD). Would I benefit from a newer, thicker, Monster one?

[digdugm]

That is a very contraversal subject. Your best bet would be to find a friend with a cable to barrow or get one at a retialer with a good return policy, and try it in your home with your ears and see if you can tell the difference. Some people swear by higher quaility cables, where as others think its a waste of time and money. I just think that with the money I've spent on components, I'm not connecting them together with super thin unsheilded cable. But agian its a personal choice.
Doug

[Gregg Lengling]

If it is just a short piece you probably will never notice any difference on a digital link.  The data is either there in good form or not.  If you are having audio problems then I would try another cable.  This basically applies only to digital signals, if you were talking about component output video cables it would be different as part of the signal is analog and if the cables (3 connections) aren't well shielded and matched you will have all sorts of problems.  I've demonstrated this to others by removing a good Component cable and grabbing a couple stereo cables of varying length and hooked them up, you'd be suprised at the problems it creates.