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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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nonoise
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I've tried a few coax cables out from my disc player to my integrated and every one had occasional drop outs. A high quality RCA IC never did (it even sounded better) but a glass Toslink sounded the best and never has drop outs. 

Trust your ears. 96Khz done right sounds fantastic.

All the best,
Nonoise

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