On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:34:57 GMT, Paul L wrote:

Just for curiosity, I used a standard RCA video cable and plugged it
into the digial coaxial jacks of my DVD player and Yamaha reciever. I
get very good audio from the connection. Is digital coaxial just another
fancy name for RCA? Does using a more expensive digital audio coaxial
cable really improve the sound over and RCA cable?

For long runs it can be worth using cable with optimal impedance. For
a short run, you'd probably get a good signal down a bit of wet
string. Save your money. If you want expensive cable to sound
better you have to believe. It's an expensive religion :-)