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Jay,

Follow these guidelines:

1) Avoid as many SpeakerLink or SPDIF connections as you can - connections between components add jitter.

2) Connect an upsampled/apodized source to directly to the DSP speakers if you can.

So:

C15 or 808.3/ID40 or 861v6/ID40 into DSP speakers should sound best with little difference between them.

Any differences would (should) only be down to internal jitter management and any differences between upsampling implementations. Frankly, we can only guess if there are any differences between these components.

Finally, IMO, the best solution is 861v6/ID40 into DSP speakers, because the 861v6/ID40 is a source component, but also adds surround processing modes and room correction.

I have still not seen significant evidence on this forum that SpeakerLink *sounds* better than SPDIF.