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USB and Coaxial at the same time?

Is there any issue with having a coaxial digital  cable and a USB cable connected to my streamer at the same time? I like to compare the two by switching the input to my DDC unit. Some recordings may sound better on one rather than the other? mI read somewhere this can be a problem but if so I don't know why? Thanks.

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ghdprentice
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I looked at the manual and did not see any comments about not using both at the same time, 

 

https://ask.aurender.com/hc/en-us/articles/25261328425751-N200-Hardware-Guide

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audphile1
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If you have native dsd turned off in the aurender advanced settings I think you should be fine. What makes you think the coax could sound better just curious…

erik_squires
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No but it would be weird and not a direct comparison. As soon as you connect the USB it may tru to take over the streamers clock.

A better comparison will be to do each separately

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audphile1
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When I compared USB to coax on my N200 I was running one interface at a time and was taking it slow evaluating sonic quantities of each listening to complete songs or even more than one song with each.
I don’t recommend switching back and forth to quickly A/B. That is a waste of time and effort - you won’t have enough to go on. 

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