Here's an interesting post from Sean Adams, back in 2005, on the
subject:

seanadams;39192 Wrote: 
> ...Personally I find it unfortunate that S/PDIF was ever specified to
> run over coax copper in the first place. There are some who claim it's
> better than fiber for various reasons, but all empirical data says that
> optical S/PDIF is FAR more reliable, works over longer distances, and
> delivers measurably lower jitter at the receiver. It also inherently
> isolates ground offset, low frequency and EMI noise between devices.
> The only good reason to use coax is if you don't have an optical cable
> or an optical input available, which is primarily why we have the
> connector there...


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