Nad cd player sound improvement via Dac

[jonboywalton75]

I have a Nad c521bee cd player. Will the sound improve much if i use a digital optical cable to connect it to my CA Dacmagic?
I am currently using the Dacmagic to upgrade my sound from my Squeezebox Duet, and what a great job it is doing and wondered if i could achieve a similar improvement with a decent optical cable to the Dac?
Any tips?
All help appreciated, so thx in advanc

 

[Sabby]

Why not try it since you have the dac and cd player. Might be better to try with a coaxial cable though.

 

[jonboywalton75]

I can't try it at the mo as i haven't bought an optical digital cable. I use a Toslink cable to connect the Dac to the Squeezebox.

Thanks for the reply btw.

Any recommendations as to which cable to buy would be appreciated.

 

[nads]

try it with the cables you have now and see how it is. there is very little between the two.

I could not tell the difference between my NAD 542 (or452or whatever the number was) and when used with a dac Magic but I could tell the difference when the dac was used with my SB3.

 

[jonboywalton75]

The Nad cd player only has a digital coaxilal connection.

As i said i dont have one of these to try.

i probably wont bother buying one if i cant expect much improvement.

Cheers for replies

 

[tino]

The Nad cd player only has a digital coaxilal connection.

As i said i dont have one of these to try.

i probably wont bother buying one if i cant expect much improvement.

Cheers for replies

Buy a coaxial cable for £10 and try it.

Try also the coaxial cable on your Squeezebox ... it might just be better than the optical.

Nothing ventured nothing gained ... at least you will have a spare cable just in case.

 

[jonboywalton75]

Thx Tino