Toslink vs Coax

[alpina]

hi guys,

still confused about the best way to connect my dvd player (pioneer 989) to preamp (bryston sp2) for 5.1 movie watching. currently have it connected via toslink but being told coax is a better option.

what does everyone think?

cheers,

julie

[kgveteran]

Never heard a difference. Probably why I never heard a difference between wires and interconnects.I concider myself lucky .

KG

[PewterTA]

The only way you can answer that truthfully is to open up both your DVD player and the Bryston and figure out which converter is of a better quality.

I have not heard a difference except for when I switch to Digital Silvercats from CAT cables. Then, and only then, did I notice a difference with my DVD player with optical and coax. The coax sounded noticeably better using a silver cable over the optical output. I then put back my Cobalt Digital cable (copper) and couldn't tell any difference between the coax and optical. So needless to say I stayed with Silver digital CAT cable and upgraded the one for my HD-STB as well.

Otherwise, there's probably little to no difference between optical and coax. Only difference is another conversion (to light) of the audio signal with optical.

[june]

JMHO,

The difference will be with music not movies. But I'm an analog not digital person when it comes to music.

[aud19]

Good thread discussion here:

http://www.htguide.com/forum/showthread.php4?t=25106&highlight=Toslink+Coax

(search function is your friend )

[alpina]

thanks aud19

switching over to coax

cheers,

julie

[audioqueso]

Hopefully that's the end.

[Xander]

JMHO,

The difference will be with music not movies. But I'm an analog not digital person when it comes to music.

The two options being considered here are both digital, optical and coax.

[whoaru99]

Looks like you've already decided, but I prefer coax because...

It works with readily available and inexpensive cables that I can make myself, and it seems to work reliably over fairly long distances without added expenses.