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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

I use toslink, RCA wires, and aes/ebu all, in different places

The toslink is fine. One way to improve it is to buy some expensive optical link gel. To place in the connections. (I do not use this)

The best toslink for a low price are medical grade, bought from a medical supply. Usually $14 to $20 The killer often is shipping. Most are not the retail free shipping sort. So the shipping alone will be $20
I bought six toslink just to never have to buy any again!
There is a link in old posts about medical toslink. If you search you can find the place etc.

For RCA digital I use ordinary IC. I have one custon made for digital IC. But it does not seem any better than ordinary IC.
Then I also use one aes/ebu cable, as my DAC has an input for it. So I use the aes/ebu out of a device I have which can convert toslink to aes/ebu.

Personally I do not find ANY difference in the sound with any of the various digital cables. Way more difference with a power conditioner on the devices than from the sort of cable used. IMO of course.

I use a DAC I paid $250 for used 12 years ago. It is just as good as a DAC I tried which cost $2,200. (which I returned)
The rest of my stuff averages $5K a pop (even my IC cost $300 a pop LOL)
Then I use CD changers I find off eBay.
My Sony SACD 777ES does sound a tiny bit better than my Yamaha $80 used eBay changer plus $250 used Acom DA700 DAC.. But not enough to say it is a no brainer which to use.

So IMO the talk about toslink vs whatever is rather old hat. If you want to use a toslink, no problem. If the connector fits well, it is good.



Edits: 03/23/16 03/23/16

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