Howw much difference in sound quality does it make wether using the RCA vs Optical connection?
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optical is always a faster way that was made for the speed so a connection will travel super faster through an optical cord then an RCA.you will also get better quality sound from an optical cord if used so please go with the optical cord that's if you want better sound? good luck;
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the big difference is optical can not handle dolby true hd and master audio, so go with hdmi, its also simpler and more standard, however, almost no tvs have audio out via hdmi
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I have not had an issue with sound with the unit. I guess it depends on what you are trying to achieve for sound. I think the unit is a bit slow for response is my biggest concern. Otherwise I just use it to play L&H classic films. Because it was much cheaper to buy the region 2 library disc set than it was for ntsc by about 200.00.
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I haven't tried it both ways, so I don't know that there's a difference. But I have my main connections go directly to the TV and run the optical cable for when I want better sound (which I don't always care about), and that works just fine.
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Nothing extra. One strange thing is that the optical out connector is shared with line in. If you want line in, you must use analog out.
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I bought a Yamaha sound bar that only connects to my TV. On the back of it is the place to connect the TV to the soundbar. The TV said Digital sound and the Yamaha only has optical sound I had to get the extra cord to make the connection work properly. Apparently this is very common with many electronic devices. The cables are much more expensive at local retailers.
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In general, the sound quality is identical when using either the optical or RCA (SPDIF) interfaces. However, the optical interface will eliminate 60 Hz hum if there is a ground loop problem in your setup. I personally use the optical interface.
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you could get a $10 ish converter box to take the optical to rca digital, I've had to do that for my audio receiver as it came with more rca digital, than optical, and HDMI was yet to include audio pass through at the time.
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I've had no problems with audio or video. Looks much better than RCA type connection I had been using until I got this.
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Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush... » Read More Thanks for the reply. Ill try that. Just to pass some info along, my friend told me the best way to hook up the audio is through an optical cable. Ive never used one. There is a port on my PS3 as well as my surrond sound. He said this cable was the best way to get the highest quality out of your surround sound. Kind of like comparing SD to HD. My optima will be coming in tomorrow, I cant wait. Kinda like christmas for me haha. Thanks for the advice on the ceiling mount. I was gonna buy the 20$ one but after your comment I went for the Atdec TH-WH-PJ-FM Telehook Universal Projector Flush Mountit was 54$ but had some good reviews. Cant wait till tomorrow....calling into work sick! « Show Less
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optical will always give the best since it's not affected by any interferences like in the case of audio going over the wire. having said that in most cases you won't really notice a significant difference. In case of CS3 please don't be alarmed if you don't hear audio from TV over optical. Some TV s doesn't output PCM audio over optical and CS3 will not be able to decode and play the encoded audio since it does not have an inbuilt decoder. In such cases you should check if the TV has a configuration option to output PCM audio/ or use a decoder like the Giffen between TV and CS3.Enjoy your CS3. optical will always give the best since it's not affected by any interferences like in the case of audio going over the wire. having said that in most cases you won't really notice a significant difference. In case of CS3 please don't be alarmed if you don't hear audio from TV over optical. Some TV s doesn't output PCM audio over optical and CS3 will not be able to decode and play the encoded audio since it does not have an inbuilt decoder. In such cases you should check if the TV has a configuration option to output PCM audio/ or use a decoder like the Giffen between TV and CS3.Enjoy... » Read More optical will always give the best since it's not affected by any interferences like in the case of audio going over the wire. having said that in most cases you won't really notice a significant difference. In case of CS3 please don't be alarmed if you don't hear audio from TV over optical. Some TV s doesn't output PCM audio over optical and CS3 will not be able to decode and play the encoded audio since it does not have an inbuilt decoder. In such cases you should check if the TV has a configuration option to output PCM audio/ or use a decoder like the Giffen between TV and CS3.Enjoy your CS3. « Show Less
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Connect your computer audio output to one of the audio inputs on your receiver. If you have optical out on your pc that will give you the best sound quality. If not, you may have to get audio cables that fit your computer's small jack to the red and white input on your receiver.
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Digital = optical or coaxial , Optical Digital is better . or you can use RCA
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My brief and limited experience suggests you will get the same sound if connected by wire (via 3.5 mm connection). I believe speaker quality plays a huge role. If you want really good sound don't scrimp on the speakers.
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Yes absolutely. Don't worry about optical input in your NAD 312. This CD player already have a professional DAC (Digital to Analog Converter).So you can use RCA cable for connection.I recommend you to use a high quality RCA cable to get the best result .(Like link below on Amazon.com)AudioQuest - Evergreen RCA-to-RCA 1.5mThanks.
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Armand S., What options do you have on the back of your audio system? RCA/3.5mm? Optical Audio? --Mr. S
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The optical out MUST be connected to a DAC as it is a digital output. This allows you to use a higher quality DAC to convert the signal to analog, so yes, there is the potential that using the optical digital output can produce higher quality sound, but only if the signal is passed to a DAC that is higher quality than the one built into the unit. The analog outputs of the device are very warm and bass heavy.