5.1 muti channel or optical

nagillah

I have a receiver and DVD player that each have 5.1 multi channel and optical connections. Which would be the prefered connection?
I currently don't use the sub-woofer connection on the receiver. I use the front speaker input terminals on the sub-woofer.
Thanks in advance for any input.

Ricardo

I was going to say welcome to the forum...but you've been around for 4 years....I guess it took you a while to formulate the question

It all depends on what tou want; if only movies (DD, DTS), I wouldn't spend the extra cash on the additional interconnects. If you want to play formats that require analog outs (SACD), you'll need to use the multi channel outputs from the DVD.

ben62670

HTrookie wrote:

I was going to say welcome to the forum...but you've been around for 4 years....I guess it took you a while to formulate the question

It all depends on what tou want; if only movies (DD, DTS), I wouldn't spend the extra cash on the additional interconnects. If you want to play formats that require analog outs (SACD), you'll need to use the multi channel outputs from the DVD.[/QUOT

Ditto

The only thing I would like to add is at least get a good set of interconects for the 2 main channels for music. At least get Kimber PBJ's

Ben

pblanc

If your DVD player has decoding features that your receiver lacks, or if you player has significantly better digital/analog converters than your receiver, then you would benefit from the analog connections. Also, for copyright protection, you usually can't copy from a digital source. Most receivers have digital and analog audio on completely different buses, so if for some reason, you wanted to make an analog recording onto a VCR or casette player of a DVD or CD playing on your DVD player, you would need at least the L and R analog connections between your player and receiver.