I may have an oppourtunity to try a Naim Dac with my HDX soon but I am not sure what is the best way to connect the HDX to the DAC. Tried a search but not been able to answer this.
Can anyone offer any experience as to which type of connection/lead suits best to connect the two. In the first instance, I will not have much of a budget for this cable, but if I get a budget cable in the meantime, is there a preferable type SPDIF, coaxial or optical etc?
Posted on: 23 May 2011 by Woods Scot
I used a Belkin Toslink/optical cable for my set-up; as I was impatient waiting for my DC1.bnc . It work fairly well.
I would save for the DC1 interconnect though. Worth the price.
Scot
Posted on: 23 May 2011 by DT79
Coaxial and optical are both types of SPDIF. Coaxial comes with 2 types of connectors; BNC (better) or Phono. Coaxial is generally accepted to be better sounding, but optical has the advantage of electrically isolating the 2 bits of kit you're connecting - handy with computers.
See if you can pick up an Atlas Opus Coax for a bargain price. Not sure if it's being replaced or something, but it was £200 and I got one for £59. I could clearly tell the improvement over the QED reference coax I was using before.
