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New member Username: GticehockeyPost Number: 4 Registered: Sep-04 | I have a H/K 630 reciever and was wondering should i use a fiber optic cable or a coaxial with my dvd player? |
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Silver Member Username: MyrantzPost Number: 702 Registered: Aug-04 | George, Either is perfectly okay if you are allowing the reciever to do the decoding, however seeing as you are in tha DVD-Audio & SACD section, if you are relating your question to these formats then you would be using the analogue outs of your DVD player to the analogue inputs of your receiver. |
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Bronze Member Username: BleustarPensacola, Florida Post Number: 98 Registered: Jul-04 | Assuming we are not talking DVD Audio or SACD, what would be the audible difference between the two connections? |
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Silver Member Username: SemNew York USA Post Number: 263 Registered: Mar-04 | Should be none to speak of. |
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Silver Member Username: BleustarPensacola, Florida Post Number: 101 Registered: Jul-04 | What is the advantage of the fiber optic cable outside of less exposure to elements at point of contact? |
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Silver Member Username: Arnold_layneMadridSpain Post Number: 144 Registered: Jun-04 | Optical cable is considered immune to electric and magnetic interference. |
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Gold Member Username: John_aPost Number: 2179 Registered: Dec-03 | George, I agree with all the above replies, and think you are in expert company here. If still in doubt, and you'd like some more points of view, there was a long and heated discussion of this issue on Coaxial Digital Connection Vs Digital Fiber Optical Connection? |
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Silver Member Username: Arnold_layneMadridSpain Post Number: 152 Registered: Jun-04 | I personally prefer coaxial. Simply sounds better on my equipment. Here's a negative opinion on optical (Scroll down to Toslink): http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/specsformats/audiovideoconnections.php |