Sutts, have you compared the 0.5 and 1.0 meter. There are numerous sources that claim that digital cables under 1.0 meter have digital reflections that tranlate into jitter. If this is true, you should here harsher highs and poorer bass on the short cable. I do not have two cables of varying lengths to test this myself, but would be interested to know if you (or anyone else) find a difference testing different lengths.
Kimber Illuminations D-60, proper length
Alright, who owns this one? I just bought a 1 meter run and I'm in love. Silver is the best! The harshness in the highs and mids just jumped out of my home theater and ran away! I can't wait to break this cable in a little more. Anyway, to my question, what length digital interconnect is recommended? A guy in a store was trying to tell me that .75 meters is the optimum length for a digital cable. I can't see that it would matter unless the length was really long, but then again I'm not an expert on the subject, I just spend money. Was he just trying to sell me something? He didn't sell the D-60 anyway, and I had to buy it mail order eventually.