LS50 Wireless connection preference?

" I use BT but out of convenience.
Excellent  sound. "

How does it sound compared to cables?

Anyone else? Right now I'm thinking a decent USB cable and AQ Jitterbug out of my MacBook Air. If I go with an Aries Mini/Node 2, then optical.

the KEF LS 50 WIRELESS does not accept coax, only toslink for digital. analog RCA is all converted to digital by the speakers internal Dac. i would presume the quality of the analog signal provided by your source would have a bearing on the digital conversion by the KEF's.  garbage in garbage out. the best connection in my opinion would be the Toslink from a transport or other digital source.  

Thanks for the reply,

Yes, it's looking like Toslink is the way to go. I'll use USB from my MacBook until I pick up another source. I'm trying to avoid a pair of long analog cables.

What media software and streaming service do you use?

The Node/Aries/Toslink combo sounds like it could be your best option.  This way you can stay away from excessive “DA/AD/DA” conversion.  Sometimes we can take one step forward and two steps back if we don’t pay attention to connections/processing.

Older MacBook Pros have a mini-Toslink output, but that doesn’t help with your MacBook Air.  You could get an AirPort Express, which is currently being discontinued, but it only supports 16/44 (not sure this is a limit for you) and only works with AirPlay.  I’m eager to try an AirPort Express with an Empirical Syncro-Mesh.

Allan
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