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Any advantages of digital toslink for audio vs...
#34500 02/19/04 10:56 PM
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Any advantages/disadvantages of digital toslink for audio(stereo) vs. standard interconnects?

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#34501 02/20/04 02:30 AM
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If you use analog interconnects, you're choosing to have your CD player to the digital-to-analog signal conversion and sending the analog signal to your receiver. If you use a digital connection, your receiver's D/A converter is doing the work.

Some people enjoy the conversion of one DAC over another. Try it both ways and see if you prefer one over the other. I tend to prefer the job that my receiver does. By the way, a coaxial RCA-type cable will do just as well as the optical toslink, and the coax is less fragile.





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#34502 02/21/04 01:26 PM
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In reply to:

Some people enjoy the conversion of one DAC over another. Try it both ways and see if you prefer one over the other.




Thanks for that little bit o information, Badger! I was playing with my new stuff last night. I was playing CDs through my DVD player into my HK630 using the el cheapo red/white "interconnect" that came with some piece of equipment or another. You know the ones, everybody has at least one of them at home. I took the red side, plugged it into digital out on the DVD player and into coax 1 on the 630. It sounds beautiful. I was wondering if using an optical connectionn would be any improvement in sound? They're both digital, so they should be identical sounding. Unless, of course, the cheapo coax drops bits that some error correction algorythm in the the 630 needs to replace. Any thoughts?



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#34503 02/21/04 07:53 PM
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In theory there's no difference between coax and optical Toslink. The advantage both share over analog is the signal stays in the digital domain, and your receiver's digital bass management, speaker distance, etc. can be used without a needless A/D then D/A conversion within the receiver. I personally use a generic Radio Shack optical cable.

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#34504 02/24/04 06:37 PM
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Yeah, I made the mistake of buying "some premium" optical cable from a hifi store. Paid over 60 dollars for 3 feet of it when I could get the 6 feet length at radio shack for 20 dollars.
Anyways, thx for the info everyone. I think I'll stick to optical, it just looks really cool how it glows when you unplug it =P.

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#34505 02/25/04 12:19 AM
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The "cool" factor of the optical cable is definitely there...

Until you notice one day after pushing your components back into the entertainment center that your digital signal keeps crapping out. You then look to find that the brilliant red on the other end of your optical cable is now just dull. Guess those glass fibers can break after all.


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#34506 02/25/04 01:19 AM
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That's why you buy the medical grade and/or plastic ones!

That said, I use coax.


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Speaking of SPDIF vs TOSlink...

Looking at a Yamaha RX-V series receiver, they have a digital coaxial input in only the CD position... since my DVD player (Toshiba SD-1800) has a coaxial but not a TOSlink output for digital audio, I'm wondering if this means I'll have to play around with settings - setting the video switch to DVD, but the audio program to CD. Anyone know?

Bren R.

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That is one thing i tried to avoid while selecting a receiver and dvdp. One item having one hookup but not the other....


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#34509 02/25/04 05:46 AM
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Just looking at the menus available to me, it looks like my RX-V1400 is pretty flexible (as far as reassigning inputs) that way.

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