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Digital/Optical/Analoge Connections

post #1 of 5
5/15/09 at 8:43am
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My question is 3 part.
Which is the better connection for my HT? Digital or fiber optic cable.
What's the difference?

And is there any harm or benefit to using all 3 (fiber optic/digital/RCA analog) from my HD sources (blu-ray) to my surround sound receiver? Although new, my receiver doesn't have HDMI so my audio connection options are fiber optic/digital/RCA analog.

I believe I've heard mention of HDMI on a receiver.
Why would anyone need/want HDMI capability on an surround sound audio receiver anyway?
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post #2 of 5
5/15/09 at 9:50am

Re: Digital/Optical/Analoge Connections

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Originally Posted by greasedog
My question is 3 part.
Which is the better connection for my HT? Digital or fiber optic cable.
What's the difference?

And is there any harm or benefit to using all 3 (fiber optic/digital/RCA analog) from my HD sources (blu-ray) to my surround sound receiver? Although new, my receiver doesn't have HDMI so my audio connection options are fiber optic/digital/RCA analog.

I believe I've heard mention of HDMI on a receiver.
Why would anyone need/want HDMI capability on an surround sound audio receiver anyway?
Fiber is digital. Coaxial is also. Different tranport methods with the same end result.

No benefit in using all 3 connections at the same time. Pick a digital one and use it.

HDMI on a receiver allows you to decode the new HD audio formats.

These types of questions are not suitable for this section. If you want to talk room layout or how to build a theater ROOM from scratch, then this is the place. There are hardware sections below or the Basics section above for these questions.

-Robert
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post #3 of 5
5/15/09 at 6:01pm
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Re: Digital/Optical/Analoge Connections

Thank you for the answer. And thank you for the re-direction.
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post #4 of 5
5/15/09 at 7:52pm

Re: Digital/Optical/Analoge Connections

I'll point out one very odd and rare reason to also make an analog connection between your DVD player and receiver. Once in a while, and I mean rarely, a studio really screws up the mix on a DVD in a way that is solved by using the analog downmix. Fox did this on Miller's Crossing. The 4 channel DD mix is downright bizarre. Dialog jumps around like a ping pong. Through pure chance, I tried the analog downmix of this disc, and the soundtrack there is just fine. This also happens to be one of my favorite movies, so I always connect analog from my DVD players just in case I want to watch it or another disc with a similar problem. I think I've run across one or possibly two in the time DVD came out. I find Miller's Crossing unwatcheable with the 4 channel DD soundtrack Fox released..
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post #5 of 5
5/22/09 at 7:48am

Re: Digital/Optical/Analoge Connections

Hey, You can use an optical fiber connection, It terminates the end of an optical fiber, and enables quicker connection and disconnection than splicing. The connectors mechanically couple and align the cores of fibers so that light can pass..
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