Digital connections

neomagus00
neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
edited August 2005 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Okay, i've been looking at this stuff for quite some time, and i still can't make heads nor tails of it.

how many channels of audio does digital coaxial (SPDIF) carry? how about toslink?

it's been literally impossible for me to find a straight answer to this...
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  • Mike682
    Mike682 Posts: 2,074
    edited August 2005
    Here's some info on SPDIF:

    http://www.tech-faq.com/spdif.shtml

    Hope this helps
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2005
    It carries as many channels as are encoded in the signal. They both (coax and toslink) carry the exact same signal. People fight over which does a "cleaner" job over it, which is fine, but any differences like that are purely up to the listener. The basics are just that they carry the same signal, whcih can be anywhere from two to.... N channels.
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited August 2005
    HAHA!!!! THANK YOU! the n-channels bit was what i was looking for, but thanks for the link, too, mike...
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