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Digital Cable Choice; how critical is it?

I am a beleiver that analog cables play a big part in a system's sonic performance.

I am giving consideration to adding an external DAC to my system, for the first time. Always using a single box digital source, I have no experience with digital cables.

I really am a music guy & not a computer/techie guy. So, considering that the digital information that runs from the DAC to the Preamp is 1's & 0's or bits & bytes or whatever they are called; how critical is it to the sonic perfromance that I use an elaborate digital cable, as I have done with my analog interconnects?

Is the sound quality affected with the use of different cables, while still in the digital domain?

Your experience is appreciated
barrelchief

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barrelchief OP
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Nsgarch, you are correct! I obviously had a brain freeze. I am questionning the importance of the single cable that runs from the transport to the DAC.

Regarding the analog cables, I have always run balanced XLR. However, I was considering going single ended, from the DAC to the pre, because my new pre has a single ended (only) "CD Direct" input that supposedly offers better sound than the XLR inputs.

All of my cabling is Kubala-Sosna, which I am VERY pleased with & intend to stay with.
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