The beautiful thing here is that a short run of optical or coax cable will only cost you $20-40. Buy both and have a fun evening comparing. How many times can you say you "potentially improved" your system for under $50? And if you don't hear the difference, you have a spare cable for your blu ray player or what ever might be coming down the road next. If you do hear a difference you can listen to music with smug satifaction that it's sound better than it did before, and for less than $50!
If your DAC/preamp etc. only has one type of input (optical or COAX) don't stew over what you may be missing, it's probably not worth it. (I think that is where most people, including myself, problem is, stewing over what might be missing) I have used both and have not heard any difference. I have had defective optical recepticals, where the connector will not stay inserted however. I think the RCA connector (male & female) is a little more durable than the optical toslink. 2 cents in. Scott -- sfraser ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026 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
