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Thread: Coaxial or fiber optic with dvd |
    
New member Username: Gticehockey
Post Number: 4
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 06:34 pm: |
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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: Myrantz
Post Number: 702
Registered: Aug-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, September 28, 2004 - 06:40 pm: |
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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: Bleustar
Pensacola,
Florida
Post Number: 98
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 09:28 am: |
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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: Sem
New York
USA
Post Number: 263
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 10:12 am: |
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Should be none to speak of. |
Silver Member Username: Bleustar
Pensacola,
Florida
Post Number: 101
Registered: Jul-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 03:07 pm: |
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What is the advantage of the fiber optic cable outside of less exposure to elements at point of contact? |
Silver Member Username: Arnold_layne
Madrid
Spain
Post Number: 144
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - 07:39 pm: |
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Optical cable is considered immune to electric and magnetic interference. |
Gold Member Username: John_a
Post Number: 2179
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2004 - 12:54 am: |
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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? |
Silver Member Username: Arnold_layne
Madrid
Spain
Post Number: 152
Registered: Jun-04
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| Posted on Friday, October 01, 2004 - 06:01 pm: |
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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 |
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