AES/EBU, Digital or Coaxial Between Transport-DAC

I agree with Liz and Al. I have owned MANY DACs and transports and almost always found the AES/EBU connection to be the best sounding.

None of those connections, sell your CD player and go discless. the sound will be far superior. A LINN DS unit is a much better sounding solution in one box, all controlled from an iPad and get rid of the CD player totally. Files would be sent via CAT5/6 from your PC or NAS and controlled in your listening chair with an iPad. Access all your music at better than CD quality once ripped with dbPoweramp into 24/96 or 24/192 FLAC or WAV files. The LINN Akurate DS will beat out CD players in excess of $10k.

Thanks for the information Audiofreak32. Just checked on the Linn DS. At a retail of $20k, I wouldn't be surprised if it outperformed CD players costing up to $10k or more.

I use both connections with the Bryston BDP-1 and BDA-1 combo.
I've found some music to sound better resolved when using the SPDIF connection (acoustic guitar for instance) and others using the AES/EBU connection. 85% of the time I find my preference to be the AES/EBU. Just an overall more musical sound.

Ryder...

The unit you are talking about is the Klimax DS.... and there is not a CD player on the planet that will compete with it. However, the Akurate DS is about &8k new, I paid under $6k as a demo unit.

And even the entry level DS units will trash many CD players at the $10k price point. Once you take away the CD player itself, your eyes will be opened to a new level of sound.