I was just stirring the pot a little and my curiosity got the better of me as well. The interconnect comment stems from Mojo and I's afternoon at General Audio. It was mentioned that the optical cables have an issue with the ends not cut smoothly thus causing the light to not be transferred correctly and I guess a loss of some of the signal. I too doubt it makes adifference but I thought this might be a chance to see if it helps and proved the theory confirmed or busted.