Audiolab + Qutest pairing. Cable recommendations?

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Got myself a Chord Qutest and an Audiolab 9000CDT transport. Am I right in thinking that the only choice I have is optical from Audiolab into Qutest and analogue from Qutest into my pre? Is there an optical cable
that is recommended? I already have a QED analogue cable

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Maybe @Simon-in-Suffolk ?

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You can use use a 75 ohm coax SPDIF lead or Toslink optical lead. I am not aware of any being recommend as such

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You can use either coax or Toslink, as Simon says.
I see you have an NDX2/XPS. Could you not have used an SPDIF input on the NDX2 instead of adding the Qutest?

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The Qutest dac apparently gives a much better sound according to many people in here hence why I went that route.

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Chord DACs are certainly popular with many of us here, but whether a Qutest sounds better than the DAC in the NDX2/XPS is another matter. I would say more a matter if personal taste than anything.