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Just as the topic states, what are the advantages and disadvantages of having an optical hookup? Or is there is a better way to hook up your sound. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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He's got itOriginally posted by jpmkm
Optical doesn't have much of an advantage over coaxial, at least for short runs. It is the same digital signal going over the line. Optical is a bit more succeptible to jitter; coaxial is a bit more succeptible to interference.
He's got it
I second that. I've experienced ground loop problems with analog connections but never with digital connections. I guess I have just never thought about that.Originally posted by xonik
Link to galvanic isolation info?
What are you talking about, all digital transfers are 1 wire. Unless you're comparing it to analog out, which you can't, two different animals there.My favorite attribute about optical sound: 1 wire.
I really doubt that, at least for consumer-level sound cards.Originally posted by PoorGuyInNeed
Chances are if you're in computer audio, your sound card is going to have a better DAC then your reciever or stand alone DAC.
Umm.. what? Since when is it a prerequisite that none of us can have nice external DACs? If you hook a DAC up to a computer, then it is computer audio.Originally posted by PoorGuyInNeed
Unless someone here has a 500+ dollar external DAC here, which then, you shouldn't even be in the computer audio section.
Common sense does not apply here?Link to galvanic isolation info?
lololololol.Plus isn't this forum limited to stuff under 400dollars or something?
And you do know there our sound cards out there that will school on DAC in the muti thousand dollar mark. There are soundcard with over 115db SNR. A decent sound card like A2 or revo will beat out any external dac in it's price range.
It's not that I don't believe you Can you provide linkage so that I can learn more?Originally posted by X86Dude
Common sense does not apply here?
A fiber optic cable is neither electrically conductive or inductive so the source and destination devices are galvanically isolated from each other.
Originally posted by xonik
Use the analog outputs
Does that make you happy or would you like some more?The only benefit I can think of from an optical (Toslink)connection over a coax is the galvanic isolation between the two equipments,which can avoid ground loops. This could be relevant in someaudio systems where ground loops are a problem.