Which type of cable sounds best for Streamer to DAC: AES/EBU or DIGITAL COAX or USB ??


Hi,
What is the best sounding cable to use when linking a network streamer to a dac? 
AES/EBU or DIGITAL COAX or USB ???

 thanks 

mike
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Showing 2 responses by tatyana69

I have swapped around many times between aes/ebu - coax and usb and have used different equipment

I have a Bryston sp3/DCS dac+ upsampler+clock in my main system and indeed I can switch at a press of a couple of buttons between aes/coax/usb

Aes/ebu is much better - I would hate to be limited to the lesser options 

But then again you do get people denigrating xlr (better) compared to rca (worse) .... getting it the wrong way round as they haven't really tested.

So people will always disagree for the sake of it.
Just wait for those on this forum who will chime in saying that bell wire is as good as any!

teo_audio
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Maybe you should try aes/ebu instead of pointlessly mocking it 

As usual - ears are better than someone throwing statistics to prove a wrong point and making that point more important than the sound itself. Measurements again thrown in to cloud issues. I have heard this jitter argument before - is just not a hill of beans to the better aes/ebu. 
My ears are good thanks .. just been tested.