The short answer is to try both connections and trust your ears. The long answer is: Some receivers digitize all the analog signals; this allows the receiver to perform various digital processing. If this is the case, then you have a situation where the SB3 DAC is used to decode to analog, then the Onkyo ADC digitizes the analog signal, and finally the Onkyo DAC decodes to analog again. If this is happening, then the straight digital connection will likely sound much better, even if the Onkyo DAC is not as good as the SB3 DAC.
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