NAD M5 no sound from Digital Coax out SACD

SACD won't play through digital hook-up or DAC. Use a pair of analog interconnects from the M5 directly to an input on your pre.

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

On my Sony 5400, the digital out won't work when playing the SACD layer on hybrid discs, but it does work when playing the CD layer.

I assume you have a pair of RCA's from the DAC to the M3 on one input. Continue to use the single digital XLR cable from the M5 to the DAC for CD's and then also run another pair of RCA's directly from the M5 to the M3, bypassing the DAC, for SACD. You will need to change the input on the M3 depending on what you are playing, CD or SACD.