Long digital or balanced cable run?


Hi all, want to know which will likely produce better sound a 3 meter run of high quality digital cable from my streamer to my DAC or a 3 meter run of high quality balanced cables from my DAC to my preamp?
Thx.

delmatae

Showing 2 responses by designsfx

Sorry! Reading your post it sounded to me as if you were considering implementing a longer coaxial cable from your streamer to dac OR balanced from dac to pre. Even if you’re using AES for digital the document sent will provide you with the distance limits for AES. 
Either way you’ll have more success using balanced if distance is the primary consideration.

@delmatae 

See the attached link to a document that may be of help regarding the differences in signal formats/cable runs and the voltages behind the specs.

AES/SPDIF