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I haven't decided on a player yet so telling me to try out different connections is a little pointless right now, even for audition some players may have a poor optical output than others, the whole point of this thread was to try and understand whats out there for playing both music and films...

...err, no.. it was talking about DVD to AV reciever setup, in answer to a letter asking whether to use digital or analogue connection for listening to music.

I don't know for sure, hence this thread, but there must be a reason why pure audiophiles strongly advise using the analogue connections rather than the optical. Though pure audiophiles will use dedicated audio source equipment. I just want to achieve the best musical sound I can from a home...

Yes Chris that makes sense. I can't quote the article as it was a while back but of course, the optical signal from the laser is converted to a electrical digital signal with in the player and then back to optical prior to the players output. The recievers would then have to reconvert the...

Right I understand the coax/digital terms now.. and this was my worry when posting on an enthusiast forum in that the conversation has diverged around the terminology rather than the issue itself. You say that using the digital optical cable, no DAC/ADC occurs in the player, but "What HiFi...

Sorry for the terminology confusion. When I say coax, I mean the original definition as follows: "A type of wire that consists of a center wire surrounded by insulation and then a grounded shield of braided wire. The shield minimizes electrical and radio frequency interference. Coaxial cabling...

Hi All I hope someone can clarify this... I plan to purchase a Universal DVD player that I will also use to listen to CDs with. Advise I read from "What HiFi" stated that when listening to music it is better to switch the reciever to a channel using the coaxial cables rather than use the...