I have done side-by-side testing of the coax and optical digital outputs from my SB3, running into the same DAC (a Dodson 263, which does not have a jitter buffer), listening through a very revealing pair of AKG K1000 headphones. I repeatedly switched back and forth between the two connections at random moments in numerous pieces of music. I was unable to detect any sonic difference whatsoever between the two.
I'm using the optical connection in my system now. One big advantage of optical is that it galvanically isolates the components, so there is no chance of forming a ground loop. Maybe over a number of years, the optical LED in the SB3 will wear out, but then I could just switch over to coax, or buy a new SBx. -- TiredLegs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TiredLegs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6201 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33146 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
