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Hi,
I have ordered the Beresford Caiman DAC and am considering the Onkyo ND-S1 as a dock to plug into a Cyrus amp .However what connections should I use betwen them all ? ie Usb coaxial or optical ? What would give the best sound ? I am using an Apple Classic.

Personally I would go for Optical from Dock to DAC. Not for any noticeable sonic difference but simply because the DAC has 2 of these inputs so you will still have the full range of connections available for other inputs in the future.

The DAC would connect to the Cyrus via standard phono leads.

Would the optical cable need a Toshlink for the DAC end ? does the True colours industries have this at one end ?


TA

I may have confused things with my original reply. I should have said Coaxial cable and not Optical.

Optical and TOSlink are one and the same thing. The True Colours cable will be fine.

However, as I meant to state originally, I would use a Coaxial cable such as THIS to leave a full range of inputs available.