USB and Coaxial at the same time?

My Auralic G2.1 streamer requires setup changes to swap from USB to Coax making it about a minute long process to switch and not so easy to A/B.

unless you have the same cable it also makes it really hard to compare which is better. But you can see which in your setup you prefer with what you have.

that all being said, I do have both cables plugged in simultaneously and I hope that there is no downside to that. 

@fthompson251 If you highly prefer USB I assume that is because Terminator clock is superior to Aurender clock?

@glenmschneider I really am not looking to find which is better per say. But I remember a while ago I compared and the coaxial was less detailed and transparent. Which for rock music recorded in the 70’s that may be fine in some cases..so all I wanted to know if it’s ok to have both connections at once. Both interconnects will be sending signal from the streamer to the Hermes, didn’t know if that was a problem or not. I read somewhere that I shouldn’t have both connected so I removed the coaxial.

@hickamore The current set up has the Hermes DDC connected via I2s. I have clock sync cable connected between the DDC and DAC and yes the USB will then take advantage of the dual OCXO clocks on the Terminator 15th. (Which are in sync with the Hermes)

It seems as though there isn’t a problem having both cables connected at once so I will do that again.

Thanks all.

@fthompson251 I don’t think there’s a problem having both cables connected and I agree with your assessment of coax sound vs USB. Not familiar with Denafrips but  is there a mode or a filter option  available that would result in a slightly warmer sound? Does OS vs NOS change anything sonically to help smooth out bad recordings?

@audphile1   Yes it has NOS-OS soft and sharp filers. I like OS/Soft. I think the problem with some older 70's rock is it was engineered to play on boom boxes. Maybe that is a fallacy, I don't know.  NOS seems to shrink soundstage to me. Maybe the magic could be NOS+Coaxial. I will give it a try when I return home from our FL winter this spring.