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Separate Audio Or Is Via HDMI Fine?

  • 28-03-2010 12:14AM
    #1
    joeali101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭


    Greetings All,
    I bought a Denon AVR 2310 lately and I have a Sky HD box,a Samsung blu-ray player and a HTPC that I made myself connected to it.
    At the moment,I've got all three connected via the HDMI cables only.My question is this,is there any advantage to connecting the audio separately through the optical outputs or else through the Phono Output? Thanks


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  • #2
    The Ritz
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, RicherSounds.ie Moderator Posts: 2,505 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Ritz


    Hi,

    If each of those devices is passing sound over HDMI to your Denon, then there is no advantage in using any other option as an alternative.


    Cheers,

    Ritz.


  • #3
    joeali101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 59 ✭✭joeali101


    Great stuff,thanks very much :D


  • #4
    viperirl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 317 ✭✭viperirl


    If you want the HD soundtracks from Blu-Ray discs, you'll have to use a HDMI connection or else use the 5.1 analogue outputs from the player(internal decoding) but that method has its disadvantages.
    Optical does not have the bandwidth for a full 5.1 HD audio transmission.
    (Technically it could have been done but the the 'bright' minds in the movie studios forced the HDMI/HDCP nonsense)


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