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Optical Digital Interface - Good or Bad?

I want to interface with my computer via the Logitech Duet so I can experience "PC Audio." However, I will keep my CD/DVD player hooked up to my DAC and I don't want to compromise that interface (via the digital coax). I'm not really familiar with any of the music servers on the market, but I assume I will need a physical interface between receiver and DAC (coax or optical). Since I want to keep the disc player connected via coax, I guess I would have to connect the Duet and DAC via the optical. Does the optical digital link degrade the signal compared with the coaxial digital link? What other options are there??
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audioengr
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Ar_t is correct, Toslink causes the most jitter of any of the digital interconnects, primarily because of the conversions from electrical to optical. However, this is not the only jitter issue. The Duet jitter is still there. This can only be removed with a reclocker. The reclocker can also change the interface from Toslink to AES in the reclocking process. Then the Toslink from the Duet does not matter. Then you can use the AES input on your DAC, assuming that it has one.

Steve N.
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