Preferable Sonos connection

[Deleted User]

I recently picked up a Sonos Connect and was wondering if I should use the optical or coaxial output ? Or doesn't it really matter ? I'm presently using a Parasound Halo Integrated and a video coaxial interconnect because that's all I had around the house.

tonyb

I can only speak from personal experience, but...I'd use a digital coax cable, and one of decent quality not an old video cable.

MIT makes a decent digital coax for cheap too....as well as many others.

Ricardo

MIT and cheap in the same sentence. Things must have changed a lot in the last 5 years

tonyb

Their clearance site used to have them under 100 bucks, don't know if they still maintain that clearance site though.

I'm pretty sure Skip may have a Wireworld digital coax hanging around too. I'd try and find a digital cable with not a lot of glare to it for using with a Sonos, as that top end glare with the wrong cables can be a tad irritating.

ZLTFUL

The Audio Nerd took over a lot of MIT's clearance...

https://www.theaudionerd.com/

I use this cable to connect my Sonos to my DAC...
https://www.theaudionerd.com/products/mit-exp-digital-rca-interconnect-cable-spdif-75-ohms-1-5m-5ft-new-in-package-4?variant=994498235

tonyb

Look on HI-FI SHARK, US Audio Mart, Audiogon, here...that Audio nerd dude doesn't have near what the old clearance site had.

ZLTFUL

That's because the clearance inventory was getting too diminished for Dan to continue bothering with maintaining the site. It wasn't cost effective. Hehe

RamZet

tonyb wrote: »

I can only speak from personal experience, but...I'd use a digital coax cable, and one of decent quality not an old video cable.

MIT makes a decent digital coax for cheap too....as well as many others.

I agree and this is how I have mine.