Phil Leigh;605152 Wrote: > Blue Jeans cable - very well made and good prices. There is no need to > spend serious money on exotic materials. > http://www.bluejeanscable.com/store/digital-audio/ > As for which is preferable, the usual advice is to try both and see > which works best, soundwise - because it depends on the DAC... > specifically how the receiver circuts and grounding are implemented. > > My rule of thumb is to use coax by default.
I agree. In theory, both deliver all bits accurately to the dac, but in "real life", they may sound differently. In ideal settings, coax work usually better, as optical needs more signal processing (electronic to optical and back). On HiFi-oriented forums you will find loooong discussions about bizarre coax wires, but in this case I absolutely agree with Phil. You may buy whatever reasonably well built cable optimised for s/pdif. -- diego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40897 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84903 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
