Does a coax have two identities?

[Bigmoney]

Is there anything wrong with using two digital coax interconects as a pair of left and right stereo audio interconnects. I guess I am asking can a digital coax be used as an analogue stereo L/R interconnect.

[JSE]

Is there anything wrong with using two digital coax interconects as a pair of left and right stereo audio interconnects. I guess I am asking can a digital coax be used as an analogue stereo L/R interconnect.

No problem at all. The only thing different is the name on the packages.

[GMichael]

No problem at all. The only thing different is the name on the packages.

And the price you paid.

[Bigmoney]

So there would be no problem at all using two of my blue jeans coax cables of equal length to form a pair of stereo interconnects to save the money of buying a new pair of analogue interconnects?

[JSE]

So there would be no problem at all using two of my blue jeans coax cables of equal length to form a pair of stereo interconnects to save the money of buying a new pair of analogue interconnects?

Nope. They are one in the same.

[hermanv]

Nope. They are one in the same.

Huh? Coax is 75 Ohm (impedance) cable, usually 29 pF per foot. At longer lengths this is a problem for some tube equipment. Although it will probably work, coax and audio interconnects are NOT one and the same. My Cardas interconnects are 7.5 PF per foot for example, Kimber's famous KCAG is three braided silver wires, certainly not coax.

Although in most cases, coax will work fine for an interconnect, the opposite is not true. An interconnect is not automatically the right answer for video or digital signals.