Hasaw. Optical done properly will outperform coaxial, but doing optical properly is very expensive and rarely available in home audio. Toslink (as opposed to AT&T or Single Mode) is cheap stuff and is way short of what coaxial can achieve. The most obvious sound difference is that Toslink sounds smoother, but less detailed and thinned down. Recently manufacturers have begun to improve the quality of Toslink stuff and the new DACs are better at removing jitter. But you are still better off with a coaxial cable.
Toslink vs. Coaxial
Need some help please.
I'm fairly new in the sceene, and I'm wondering if I use a toslink to connect my C.D. player (onkyo integra) to my D/A converter (Adcom GDA-700) will I loose alot of signal??
Or is the difference between toslink and coax. minimal??
and is their a toslink thats as good as a coaxial.???
Thanks in advance.
I'm fairly new in the sceene, and I'm wondering if I use a toslink to connect my C.D. player (onkyo integra) to my D/A converter (Adcom GDA-700) will I loose alot of signal??
Or is the difference between toslink and coax. minimal??
and is their a toslink thats as good as a coaxial.???
Thanks in advance.