Are you telling me that SACD L/R is better than Optical?

[OkoPeeKee]

I must be missing something here. I purchased my first SACD, Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon Hybrid. Don't get me wrong, the multi-channel is great and the mix is fantastic. But when you compare the stereo version played via analog RCA left and right vs. the optical cable there is no comparison. Optical blows it out of the water. So a question to all of you audiophiles... How is a Stereo SACD hooked up via analog RCA cables (with no sub I might add) supposed to sound better a digital optical cable? Is there something that I am not doing correctly because like I stated above, the analog stereo version sounds like crap compared to when I swap it over to the optical input (with the sub i might add).

Thanks.