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That makes sense and might be what's happening. Not sure of your reasons for not liking ARC but I feel the same way...I'm 100% Analog at heart and dislike anything and everything Digital...except for maybe digital optical. Thanks!

LOL...not sure myself but I did think there was a noticable difference for some reason...thanks.

I'm just using the soundbar for movies from the bluray player...I don't do any streaming and things like that. The soundbar does have eARC but the TV is HDMI ARC only...no eARC and from what I understand I need the TV to have an eARC also in order to get Dolby Atmos. Thanks.

I was thinking the same thing pretty much...I will stick with ARC. Thanks! Sorry about the double post...I saw that my question had to be approved first before it was posted and after a little while it still wasn't up and I thought it might have gotten lost in the shuffle so I posted...

Got a new Polk 3.1 soundbar and a new Sony X700 4K bluray player. Is there any difference in sound quality between HDMI ARC and Digital Optical or are both the same? I was using Digital Optical before then tried HDMI ARC and thought I heard a better quality in sound...sounded more full but maybe...