darrenyeats wrote:
> I can repeatedly tell blind the difference between optical and coax
> S/PDIF into my DAC1.
>
> I'm aware of the good reasons this ought not to be possible. But I can
> do it.
There are also good reasons why it could be possible with (some) DACs
that are sensitive to electrical noise and ground/earth issues. Optical
provides total galvanic isolation, coax doesn't.
"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
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