Rodney_Gold;314516 Wrote: > Iv'e never used toslink myself , always a decent coax or AES/EBU > cable. > However I have read many times the order of "goodness" of digital links > in order of best to worse is > > 1) AT&T Glass (or theta laserlinque) > 2) AES/EBU 110ohm > 3) SPDIF 75 ohm > 4) Toslink
You may have read that - so have I. However many years of practical experience leads me to conclude that it all depends on the equipment at either end (and especially at the DAC/amp end), local RFI/EMI/Grounding etc. and also the actual implementation of these interfaces. For example, some people swear that glass toslink is "better" than plastic...however, I think they are just going on gut logic (glass must be a better conductor of light)... In some systems TOSLINK sounds "better" than any coax. In particular I'd challenge any difference between AES/EBU and spdif over 5 meters! Oh - and you missed out ADAT Lightpipe :o) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49147 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
