AES VS Coax for sound quality

[schmidtmike76]

I’m looking at the Teac 701T to feed into my Esoteric NX05XD. But this unit only has a coax output I was under the impression that AES has always been superior. Should this be a deciding factor? I think for the money this transport looks like a winner except that it’s missing a AES output. Thoughts and opinions please

 

[Bones13]

SPDIF is the protocol for both, and TOSLink. Each has pluses, and minuses, and quality of information. Electrical/optical signals with several differing methods of transmission, and methods of preventing corruption of that signal.

So you would have to try individually.

 

[nicoff]

Technically speaking, AES (XLR) is best for longer runs and where noise is an issue. But If the distance is short, say, less than 6 feet, Coaxial (RCA or BNC) works equally well.

 

[brodricj]

No difference at all, the cable you use will have more of an influence than the interface itself.