Hi Steev - There is an excellent thread in Audiogon/forums/cables, about differences in digital cable & digital technology. You might find some answers there. Good luck!
transport DAC incompatibility?
Here's a problem that I am scratching my head about. I have a new Sony CD player that I've hooked up to a Bel Canto DAC 1.1 through a toslink connection. Now, even the smallest scratch or smudge is audible as a sound that is very similar to a scratch on an LP. This problem does not occur using the Sony's internal DAC. I hooked up the Bel Canto to an old Philips CD player I have, and the problem did not occur there either (I tried both the toslink and coax outs from the Philips). Any suggestions as to why this only occurs when the Sony and the Bel Canto are hooked together and if there is a reasonable "fix?"
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