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Originally Posted by cscmc1
Eh? That's the exact opposite of my experiences. I have been playing with hi-end audio for some time now, and the pricier DACs rarely even bother with an optical digital interface. It's always coax or some sort of locking or balanced type connector. Maybe that's changed in the last couple of years (???)
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Eh? I musta forgot an emoticon, ‘cuz it was a not a suitably obvious attempt at humor. I read somewhere that the only difference between coax digital and digital optical was the length of cable run. Are there other criteria?
Unrelated but oddly related all the same, here’s the article I mentioned above:
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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- If you think video games are engrossing now, just wait: PlayStation maker Sony Corp. has been granted a patent for beaming sensory information directly into the brain.
The technique could one day be used to create video games in which you can smell, taste, and touch, or to help people who are blind or deaf.
The U.S. patent, granted to Sony researcher Thomas Dawson, describes a technique for aiming ultrasonic pulses at specific areas of the brain to induce "sensory experiences" such as smells, sounds and images.
"The pulsed ultrasonic signal alters the neural timing in the cortex," the patent states. "No invasive surgery is needed to assist a person, such as a blind person, to view live and/or recorded images or hear sounds."
According to New Scientist magazine, the first to report on the patent, Sony's technique could be an improvement over an existing non-surgical method known as transcranial magnetic stimulation. This activates nerves using rapidly changing magnetic fields, but cannot be focused on small groups of brain cells.
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/04/07/sony.brain.reut/index.html