Thanks Dan, I'm glad I asked. I thought it was the other way around.
Thanks Brian, I'll check into that.
Hey Nathan, If I understand Dan's info in the other threads on this forum regarding Lightpipe, AES, and digital information then no, it will not affect your signal since the signal at that point is digital info. To quote the man himself:
"In principle, an AES-SPDIF transformer will work just fine. Assuming we are talking about the same device (made by Neutrix), the Mercenary AES/SPDIF transformer should do fine, but you will need to convert the output side from BNC to RCA. Such BNC to RCA adaptors are easy to come by, they cost about $2.5 or so.
The rest of the message will explain why you will have NO DEGRADATION. The concept is:
With analog signals, the shape of the wave itself represents the information content (the audio). A slight alteration of the wave will change the signal (the audio).
With digital, the information is converted to numbers and the signal itself does not need to be precise to carry the numbers. One can “distort” a digital signal by a huge amount, to a point, and “nothing bad will happen”. You pass that point, and the communication link breaks down. You stay in the “safe zone” and all is fine.
Once the AD conversion is done, the data is “cast in stone”. You are now in the digital world, the “safe zone”. "You are in a safe place