Hi,
if someone from Neumann is here (or anyone else), I've got a question : why this poor coax digital input (spdif) ? given the price of these gears... coax is cheap... coax is "no way" when dealing with digital signal !
why not a basic AES input ? but so much more efficient vs clock recovery from the digital signal !
cost between both options is equal
"space" in the casing => equal +/-
so,
coax => daisy chaining with coax when it's for home use, you face directly a limit vs cable length (I daisy chain my Core59 active speakers with a 7.5m AES cable btw
using AES3 => using AES 110ohm cables => top notch for home use !!
7.5m btw speaker left to speaker right using coax => you loose vs clock recovery & 3D vs SQ => no go !
Conclusion => KH150 have coax digital plugs => ok... => they are only for desk use so.. like a Logitech 2.1 combo
(Deluxe ! of course !)
but for home use => no go
... why Neumann put this crappy RCA digital plug ?... and the poor clock recov behind this "plug"... very strange...
On paper, the AES67 version looks promising. Any feedback on this version ?
But, a basic KH150 can't stand in front a Dyn Core 7 (= price) with its AES3 input. And KH is KO when you use properly the Core with AES in combination with their word clock input !
(Core7 = my Core59 vs elec. design)
(of course, I expect a speaker with digital input, works better on this input than using the analogue plug.... as anyone would expect....
)
so, thanks in advance from a Neumann guy to explain why "RCA" digital plug !
Rgds