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Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

So wait, did they send analoge or digital signals through? Because digital means you could send it through anything and as long as it gets through its the same. The cable only matters when you ARENT using digital signals.

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boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
If I read it correctly, it was analog and they found that only the signal amplitude was meaningfully changed, not the quality

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- neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Makes sense. As long as the transfer medium isn’t highly capacitive or inductive, it doesn’t matter as long as you compensate for the loss in signal strength.
  
  …and now I fell into a research rabbit hole regarding mud capacitance.
  
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flying_sheep@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Analog, and what really matters for analog signal is if the wire carries load or not.

Like a phono cable from a record player or a analog signal cable from an old sound card matters, but it doesn’t matter how you send the amplified signal to the passive speakers.

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