spdif vs toslink


any difference between RCA spdif and a plastic toslink connection? I am sending it from a computer to a DAC.
Pro's con's?....sound quality...effect of cables?
thanks in advance!
ntscdan

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Using a computer as the digital source, you might be better off with a Toslink than a coaxial digital connection. The coax would be more likely to transmit the high levels of RFI that computers generate internally. In effect, the Toslink would tend to isolate the rest of the system from all of the "electrical hash & trash" that the computer was generating due to using non-conductive ( plastic or glass ) conductors. Sean
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