Zenith / Qutest: USB or Spdiff

[mikehughescq]

An interesting read.

Is optical really superior for Qutest

I think common sense and a listening test with your own ears is the best way to judge what is best for you. If you prefer how coax sounds then the choice is obvious, of course coaxial cabling is used extensively in broadcast and telecoms networks for multiple purposes and with a BNC type connector would typically be considered the prefered means of cabling a digital source to a DAC. Toslink is far more common on source devices like tv’s or set top boxes mainly as its cheaper to impliment and ca…