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NAD M5 no sound from Digital Coax out SACD

i just hooked up my DAC to the digital out on my NAD M5. it plays regular CDs fine but when i try to play a SACD there is no output. i've been through all the menu functions but nothing works. i have a 2 channel system.
anyone? anyone??????
donrocket

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donrocket OP
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Thanks for the input. I learned something new.

Not sure how I'm going to hook things up now. I'm going from my PS Audio DAC to a NAD M3 integrated using the 1 balanced input on the M3.

So what do you think is the best scenario:

go from:
M5 to M3 via balanced for SACD
M5 to DAC to M3 via RCA for CD
or
M5 to M3 via RCA for SACD
M5 to DAC to M3 via balanced for CD

I don't have a quality RCA interconnect on hand to test out
donrocket OP
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thanks Ncarv. thats what i'm going to do.

to clarify i'm using the coax out on my M5 for digital. the XLR out on the M5 is AES/EBU and the DAC dosent have an input for that.

I guess what i need to figure out is should i go analog balanced or RCA for the SACD or vice versa for CD. What i'm trying to do is to get the best sound for both formats. i have way more CDs than SACDs so i probably will use the balanced connection for my DAC (CD signal path). i haven't done much experimentation but i would assume the XLR connetion would provide better performance.
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