[dreamwhisper]

What digital input do you use and why?

 

[oldson]

rca coax
no particular reason. was using freebie toslink (supplied with dac) but broke it.
had coax in draw, not used for years. cant notice any difference though.

 

[iriverdude]

RCA coax when possible over optical. I don't have the choice of anything else on my DAC/pre-amp (actually do have AES/EBU but no source with that)

 

[Currawong]

BNC preferably, followed by Firewire, but I have to use optical out from Mac (to a converter) as the only Firewire interfaces I'm interested in cost over $1000.

 

[n3rdling]

RCA coax because I have a cable for it

 

[jpelg]

RCA coax b/c it is the only digital-out my DVD-Audio player has. It also has the ability to output a full 24/192 signal, should a DVD-A disc contain such content & not protect it.

I've used optical-outs on other transports with no detrimental effects. I'd do it again if need be.

Haven't tried the USB connections on my latest DAC.

 

[betweentheears]

USB from pc>headphoneamp/dac

 

[Romulus1]

USB from computer to DAC.

 

[IPodPJ]

BNC

Using an 18 ft. Blue Jeans BNC coaxial cable.
Works better than any RCA coax of any length I've tried, including some very pricey boutique digital cables.

I believe it's a combination of BNC being true 75 ohm and the long length minimizing signal reflections.

 

[Mister Crash]

I use Toslink connections, because the PS2 and PS3 use that interface.

 

[krmathis]

Mostly TOSLINK (optical S/PDIF) since that is what the AirPort Express output.
Once in a while I use USB as well.

 

[Sherwood]

You have async USB and USB, but no async firwire.

 

[omigawsh_lollercoaster]

By necessity RCA to BNC, source has RCA or Toslink only and toslink is least recommended by my DAC user manual.

DAC has:
Input 1: Glass fiber optical
Input 2: Glass fiber optical
Input 3: Coaxial with BNC connector
Input 4: Coaxial with BNC connector
Input 5: AES/EBU with XLR type connector
Input 6: Plastic optical TOSLINK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wadia 521 manual Based on our experience, here is a list of digital interface methods in descending order of performance: 1 Glass optical (as implemented by Wadia) 2 AES/EBU using XLR connector 3 Coaxial cable using BNC connector 4 Coaxial cable using RCA connector 5 TOSLINK plastic-optical cable

 

[markop2003]

USB, can't be bothered setting my drivers to work with optical or coaxil properly

 

[ford2]

Spdif or coax,quite happy to use either.But no usb.