Are Component and Composite Cables Interchangable?

[TomBrooklyn]

Are component and composite wires interchangable with equal results?

How about audio and video cables?

[setarip_old]

No...

[foxyshadis]

Larn y'self (http://www.crutchfield.com/ISEO-rgbtcspd/learningcenter/home/cables.html)

[squid_80]

Coaxial digital cables look on the surface like standard analog RCA cables; however, you should avoid using a standard audio interconnect to transfer a coaxial digital signal. Cables engineered specifically to pass a digital signal provide 75-ohm impedance and wider frequency bandwidth, ensuring superior signal transfer.It's digital audio. You're either gonna hear it or you're not. Don't gimme this "wider frequency" crap.

To the original question: Are they interchangable? Yes. With equal results? Depends. Try it and see.

[TomBrooklyn]

I did some research after posting the question. The best explaination I found was at...
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/34579/123129.html

[Shinigami-Sama]

I've interchanged the cables before
sounds fine to me

they're all the same 75ohms after all

[SeeMoreDigital]

I've interchanged the cables before
sounds fine to me

they're all the same 75ohms after allIndeed...

As with most cables/leads... You get what you've paid for ;)