Denon 2900 via Optical or Coaxial to RSP-1098

[whmacs]

Hi Guys,
Currently I've got my new 2900 connected to my RSP-1098 via one of Doug's silver coax cables. To save me some rewiring, has anyone tried a 2900 connected to an RSP-1098 via Optical? Is there any preceived difference in sound quality between the optical or coaxial connection?

thanks,
Stephen

[aud19]

Stick with your coaxial For the same amount of money a coaxial IC will usually beat out an equally priced optical IC IMO. Doug's silver coax is very nice too, I doubt you'd have any performance gain without spending a LOT more money regardless of IC type.

[whmacs]

Hi Jason,
Thanks for the reply, I didn't want to do a bunch of recabling and configuration changes and then find no detectible audio benefits.


cheers,
Stephen

[Andrew Pratt]

Anyone that thinks they hear a difference always says the Coax sounds the best...so stick with what you have and you'll be good to go. The only way to really get a big sound difference would be to switch over to analog cables....but that would use the DAC in the Denon vs the one in the Rotel and theres nothing to say the DAC in the Denon is any better then the Rotels.

[DrJRapp]

I've got a 2900 playing into my 1098 and have tried both the coax input as well as the toslink, and I can find no descernable difference in the sound.

For the record, I prefer the sound of the 2900s DACs to the 1098s. To me they sound smoother, more, well...analog...LOL

[whmacs]

Thanks again guys. I must say that I always thought that my previous Sony DVD player with the RSP-1098 was good, but since I've added the 2900, the sound and image quality has gone up another notch.

cheers,
Stephen

[Radec]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe another small advantage to optical is you minimize the chance of interference traveling throughout your system. In some cases where grounding is an issue, this could be a plus and save some headaches.

[rhoffman000]

If you've been using the digital connection for both, it's not likely you heard much of a change.

[hidefdvd]

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe another small advantage to optical is you minimize the chance of interference traveling throughout your system. In some cases where grounding is an issue, this could be a plus and save some headaches.

Correct, but it is system dependent. For me replacing my Coax with Optical to connect my DVD and cable box to the receiver removed the interference.