Advantages of optical cable over coax are obvious, they are listed many many times everywhere. And I have no doubt optical used in pro applications a lot. This, however, doesn't mean an average implementation in mid-priced audiophile gear is as good. I'm concerned with lots of claims on Audiogon and Asylum that optical connection sounds and measures worse then coax, assuming the latter was used in normal, not especially noisy environment. I also heard about issues with cable quality: some issues with reflection when plastic fibre isn't ideally cut (most of reasonably priced cables are made of plastic, not glass - theoretically this is totally fine for lengths under 100m).
Also, if there's no problem with optical, I'm just puzzled why like everybody uses coax, and consider optical as a last measure in case of excessive noise? -- 325xi simaudio nova cdp >> simaudio moon i-5 >> revel performa m20 via acoustic zen matrix reference ii and acoustic zen satori -planned additions:... >> deq2496 >> lavry da-10 >>...- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 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
