Printer cable for Onkyo interconnection?

Posted by Ed Uthman [IP: 206.109.31.218] on February 10, 1999 at 17:10:38
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In Reply to: Printer cable for Onkyo interconnection? posted by Ed Uthman on February 08, 1999 at 15:40:30:

: I have an Onkyo 919 receiver and am looking to add Onkyo's ED-301 Dolby Digital processor.

:Would anyone have an opinion as to whether a plain old DB-25 printer cable would do the trick [for hooking up the receiver to the decoder]?

In answer to my own question, after being assured by sales personnel at two high-end audio shops, by Onkyo's own corporate support service, and by several people on Usenet that the serial cable would not work, I borrowed one (a DB25 male to DB25 female) and tried it anyway.

Guess what? It worked perfectly! I can't hear any crosstalk on the test tone, but I will need to do further real-world testing before I can recommend this very inexpensive alternative to a US$95 cable.

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