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Streamer vs. CD Transport

I have my Arcam R Play streamer and my Cyrus CD t transport both connected to a Schiit Gungnir Multibit DAC.  The streamer only has an output for a coax connector whereas the transport has provision for both coax and optical cable. Therefore, I have the coax hooking up the streamer and the optical connected to the transport.  I like the sound of both, but the SQ from the Arcam seems to be slightly superior to the SQ of the Cyrus.
My question is, is this due to the inherent superiority of coax technology over optical technology?
Or, is streaming better sounding than CDs?
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Get this, and you don't have to worry about making any choices.

https://www.technics.com/us/products/grand-class/network-super-audio-cd-player-sl-g700.html

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Mtavares,

The coax cable is from Morrow.
The optical is glass micro fiber.
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Twoleftears,

That unit does sound very promising for $3000, but  i think the quality might not compare to separates.
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Btw,  As I said in my corrected post, the transport with the optical sounds better than the streamer with the coax.  I did do a side by side comparison comparison of the transport with both optical and coax cables connected and found virtually no difference in SQ.
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