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Digital Inputs

What digital input do you use? 64 members have voted

  1. 1. What digital input do you use?

    • Toslink Optical
      25%
    • ST Glass Optical
      0%
      0
    • RCA Coaxial
      20%
    • BNC Coaxial
      12%
    • AES/EBU
      7%
    • I2S
      3%
    • USB
      20%
    • Asynchronous USB
      6%
    • Firewire
      4%

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Ditto but I will change it to a BNC soon. BNC input on my Audio Sector Dac1

Optical when on my desktop (ibasso D1 - sounds better via optical rather than USB) and usb (Pico DAC) when on my laptop.

RCA or USB if Pico. Why do you ask?

Not currently using any, but will be soon. I like AES/EBU. I found that it sounded noticeably better than the coaxial input on my last Opus DAC.

USB - COAX RCA - COAX RCA.

(Trends UD10.1) - (Sony DAC)

Neither has BNC.

Where is the option for it doesn't matter? ;)

If you have decent equipment, then you should be able to use any connection method without too much stress. Sure, you might be able to see jitter or a sloppy SPDIF signal on a scope, but IMHO audibility of such things is tenuous at best - unless you are very specifically listening for it.

At least you can measure it. :)

Mac-Mini --- Dac Magic ----Toslink because thats all that will work

SB3 ---- Overture ----- Toslink because thats all that will work

Netbook ------ Pico ----- USB because thats all that will work

Transporter ------ CA 840c ------ Coax RCA because I can

I let the majority carry my poll vote

  • Author
RCA or USB if Pico. Why do you ask?

There's another thread where we're talking about digital inputs being up to spec, and I wanted to put my concerns that my method is vastly inferior into perspective.

Thanks Beefy ;)

Toslink Optical from Macbook Pro

Coax RCA from CD player

Easiest options.

i use usb becsusethats what my picos need :)

I voted RCA coaxial SPDIF since it's the most used link between the CEC CD transport and the Bidat DAC, or the Sony ES player into the DA11, but I'm using other connections depending on the setup:

Computer>USB>Lavry DA11

CEC CD Transport > AES/EBU> Lavry DA11

Sony CD > Toslink> Bidat

anyone tried HDMI out from their computers to A/V receiver?

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