On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 16:10 -0800, LavaJoe wrote: > seanadams Wrote: > > Personally I lean towards optical - if you think timing and signal > > integrity are important in hi-fi, imagine high-capacity > > inter-continental telecom - there's a reason it's all fiber. :)
> Back in the Early 90s, >[snip] > The sales guy was very convinced that coax was far superior to toslink. It was probably true back then, especially at consumer prices. In the late 90s, home theater drove a lot of improvements in the whole toslink space. I'd be surprized if there is still the "far superior" difference. But YMMV and all that. Plus coax lets you spend $200 for a "digital cable" ahahahaha. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles