Confused about adapter for RCA to BNC

Wow-- sorry for my inattention. I had no idea so many had responded.

I hope you’ll forgive me not responding to every response, individually. I received pneumonia and shingles shots yesterday and am not "feeling up to par" (my hair’s no longer long, so cutting it is a moot point)...

@carlsbad2

Yes -- I inadvertently damaged it. The transport is really heavy and I’d prefer to not ship it from N. CA to Texas for repair. The fact that the DAC doesn’t have a bnc input is more the issue, in this case.

@mitch2

Good to know! I actually just bought the DAC (largely on the basis of your "6 DACs" thread, BTW). Hawthorne said they’d ship me an adapter for no charge. Don’t know what brand. I didn’t ask. I haven’t received the dac, yet.

@audphile1 , @steakster , @jeffbij

Well, for my budget, my $1700 Synergistic research bnc cable does qualify as "fancy". It might not for others, here. Thanks for the warning about the 75 ohm rating, @audphile1 . I could get it reterminated I guess. I’ll contact Synergistic. I bet it won’t be cheap! I’d rather not sell it and take a loss. It’s the most expensive cable I’ve bought, so far.

@marco1 , @rja

Had fully intended to buy Black Cat but The Cable Co. no longer carries them and the Black Cat website lists a price of $165!

@marco1 , @mitch2

Thanks for the compliments. It’s not actually "the real deal" - we couldn’t afford to slather the walls with vertical grain Doug fir or have any fancy wood joinery. But it’s close enough for us. Dog was a Malamute/Husky/Wolf hybrid -- one of two sisters we adopted. Yes; those dogs are very appealing, as long as they are contained. They love to go under/over fences and roam! Our last two have been Pyr crosses. Also lovely dogs.

Thanks to all for your comments!

Both the DAC and the Cardas adapter arrived today.

I was excited to hook up everything, only to quickly realize the Cardas adapter is way too big for the RCA input on back of the DAC.  

Given the cost of audio gear and what a pain it can be to assemble good-sounding systems, you'd think the least manufacturers could do would be to standardize these connections.  Apparently that's asking too much.  

@stuartk hope you recovered from those shots! That Synergistic cable should be very nice. I would evaluate with it. Sorry to hear the adapter doesn’t fit. But I’m not sure how it can possibly be too big. Does it not make the connection? Can you order an adapter from amazon just to evaluate the DAC?
https://a.co/d/3hjs0JR
Another option is to order a basic AES cable just to get a feel for the sound.

https://a.co/d/2MaBs5Z

Ah I missed that you damaged the AES output in your Jays. Guess adapter is the only option now

@audphile1

... or getting the cable reterminated. I reached out to Synergistic but they haven’t responded yet.

Regarding the poor fit, the interior dimension of the barrel of the male rca end of the adapter is too big compared to the exterior of the barrel of the female rca socket in the dac. In other words, it’s too loose of a fit. By a lot. It simply fails to make the connection. The last time I demo’d ICs from The Cable Co. I ran into the opposite problem with one cable pair.

I found an adapter listed on the Transparent site for $10. Given their reputation for expensive wire, I was very surprised!

Today I also discovered that due to the stiffness of the Synergistic cable (twisted geometry) , the only way the Mojo will fit into its bay is parallel to the back wall. I could live with this, but it looks a bit weird.

I’m feeling better, today, thanks.