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Digital XLR vs Digital RCA

How would a digital XLR 110 ohm cable compare to a more costlier Silver 75 ohm RCA cable? I will do the comparison between the two myself and post my results but I thought I would ask for other people’s experience between these two types of cables.
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Is it okay to run both cables at the same time to AB them or should they be run one cable at a time?
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I disagree from experience. The quality of the digital cable, amount and quality of silver content, has dramatic affect in sound quality. 
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The better cable with RCA connectors sounds much nicer.
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It doesn't matter to my current Directsream dac XLR or RCA but it does matter to the source feeding the dac apparently with XLR being most popular. The Directsream likes the I2S input the most with my Perfectwave transport sounding best using the I2S  output from transport to I2S input in dac. Using an HDMI cable has much improved the sound. When I get my dedicated Auralic Aries G2.1 streamer I will use an XLR digital cable.
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