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TOSLINK Optical vs Coaxial for CD transport to DAC

I have just purchased a DAC so I can use my oppo 205 as a transport and having an optical cable on hand I just used it to get things up and running. I bought the optical cable years ago and it was advertised as being actual glass as opposed to plastic?

At any rate I'm wondering if using a Coaxial cable instead would offer better audio performance, mostly looking for better resolution of micro details. 

Thanks for your thoughts and experience.

gakman

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gakman OP
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@audphile1 

I'm not willing to spend much, (at least in audiophile standards) that said I just recently bought the Veritas Aperta SE speaker cables. I am very impressed with them, and Veritas has there Nexum C digital S/PDIF cable at $299 for 1.5m. I am thinking of trying it to compare to my optical cable. With a 30-day money back trial period, takes the gamble of the equation.

@ghdprentice 

Thank you for the technical explanation, that makes sense. I like to think my system (Simaudio Moon 600i integrated amp into Focal L&R Utopia Be loudspeakers) is a rather resolving system. 

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