I use a high end Marantz CD/SACD player and a dCS Bartok connected by a 75 ohm Shunyata BNC cable. While the Marantz has a nice on board CD DAC, using its digital BNC output to the Bartok for CDs just sounds better. The Marantz does an excellent job with its on-board SACD DAC however, a strength of Marantz engineering.
Why so few devices with BNC's??
It's an ongoing amazement to me how many manufacturers use RCA's for 75 ohm digital connections. Is this really to just save a couple bucks? Lower end McIntosh stuff has RCA's as does most Japanese gear regardless of price. It's not like BNC's are really so exotic, and 75 ohm cables are readily available. In fact, the general lack of inputs is an annoyance. Not everybody wants to use USB or Toslink. Rant over. 😠 Thanks for reading.
[Please, this is NOT a thread to list all the exceptions.]