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Digital Output, Optical or Conventional Coaxial?

Just curious about this, which digital output, optical or conventional coaxial, do you prefer to use from your CD, DVD or Blu-ray/HD player do you prefer to use when connecting to a processor? Why do you prefer one connection over another?

Personally I use the optical digital output from my Pioneer Elite BDP-94HD player to connect to a Krell 7.1 HT processor. Sonically, there is no obvious difference between this and the conventional coaxial link. However, there is absolutely no hum on the optical cable link.
mgattmch

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ptmconsulting
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I was using Optical on my DAC, because it did sound better than the coax in on the DAC. This should not be the case - in fact it should be the other way round.

I then picked up a pulse transformer made for digital lines and put it on the RCA input on the DAC. This made a significant difference, so much so that the optical connection now sounds like crap in comparison.

Sometimes it's the little things that are left out of components for budgetary reasons that make the most difference.

Enjoy,
Bob
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