Roy M. Silvernail;13108 Wrote: > I have a Samsung Home Theater system > that cost $299 at Best Buy. I've done A-B comparisons between the > analog outs and the TOSLINK digital. The optical out sounds > noticeably > cleaner than the analog outs, with a certain subjective crispness that > the analog outs don't have. This isn't to say the analog outs sound > "bad". Just that to my (far from golden, I admit) ears, the DAC in > the > receiver sounds a bit better. Now, this could just mean that the > analog > inputs on this receiver are sub-wonderful, but the difference is > definitely there. > Unless your system has a direct analog pass-trough (not common at the quoted price) it will convert the analog input signal to digital and then back to analog again. No need to explain that music quality suffers under those circumstances.
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