Hi,
Could someone please tell me the pros/cons of each one? From my reading, it sounds like both the optical and firewire can deliver 5.1 audio from the DVD player to the receiver. From there, it's analog connection(speaker wires) to the speakers.

I would like to get the highest audio quality out of my DVD-Audio and SACD and figure the less conversion(Digital to Analog-Analog to Digital), the better the audio quality would be when it is finally deliver to the speaker.

Thanks!