When I a/b'd a glass (not plastic) toslink against my Stereovox HDVX (with an Assemblage Platinum 2.7 dac,) I didn't think there was much of a difference. When I was really listening for anything perceptible, the Stereovox seemed a smidgen warmer and more open, but I wouldn't want to bet money on a double blind test. The combo of Cambridge 640cd for transport and Assemblage dac was pretty revealing, but not the equal of the the Marantz Sa11S1 I'm using now. I can't say if a more resolving dac/transport combo would reveal a greater difference. In previous discussions of this topic, a lot a listeners felt that glass toslinks performed quite well as I recall.
Optical/Toslink VS RCA how big a diff?
Havent posted in awhile, but i have a chance to grab up some Adcom seperates inexpensively. I was looking because im finally tired of the receiver i use in the one room clipping so often. I can pickup a gsa700, gtp550, and gfa2535 for $200. Thing is tho, one of the main things i will use them for is television, and apparently the 550 doesnt have toslink/optical inputs
Ive been using optical input for a couple of years now, and am wondering: what do you all think will be the big differences between optical and rca..?
PS: no it also doesnt have coax, just regular ol, plain vanilla RCA.
Thanks for any and all input ~!
Ive been using optical input for a couple of years now, and am wondering: what do you all think will be the big differences between optical and rca..?
PS: no it also doesnt have coax, just regular ol, plain vanilla RCA.
Thanks for any and all input ~!