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In Reply to: Unusual experience comparing Toslink sound... posted by Paul in Sterling on September 17, 2003 at 20:09:59:
Glass toslink "can" be better than coax, but often isn't. It is the jitter in the transmitter and receiver modules (and the whole transport for that matter) that can determine the quality of the sound. Often, the toslink transmitters are worse than the coax ones. In your case, it sounds like the 7000 is just a better transport.I had to change from coax to toslink in my HT, as the coax was driving my stereo-only DAC. Well, the (plastic) toslink connection is far inferior. It sounds "smoother" at the cost of losing the life and detail of the sound. There really are serious differences in sound quality, even in Dolby 5.1 or DTS, with different cable/transport combinations. Should there be? NO -- I think the HT receiver should be able to clean up the jitter. But, sadly, they don't. Only high-end stereo DACs tend to have good jitter rejection. Home theatre systems still have problems.
Neil
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