What do use for the output, the digital optical or analog? Which would sound better? I have a Yamaha amp that has a digital optical input.
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use the analog. This player has an excellent D/A converter.if you use the digital output, you will bypass this. Most receivers and amps do not have the same quality D/A converters built in.
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I'm using a digital optical cable and it sounds amazing, if your a gamer and a have a Dolby Digital decoder the games sound amazing when the encoder is on but if you want the best audio quality go with the digital audio cable the card has two ports one in and one out.
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you want an analog signal so you can hook up directly, so the older the better. digital must be converted to analog with included converter to hook up which means something more to power up which is a pain eg. my Sammy 64 8000 has no analog out only digital. had to convert optical out to analog for the transmitter to plug into.
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Rod, There is both a digital optical and analog (3.5mm) audio output on this model. Thanks for your interest in Samsung products.--Mr. S
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Hello,Thank you for your interest in our gear. The XDA-2 DAC is a great product, and is usually after the CD player in the signal path. Based on that, it has digital inputs (2 digital optical, 2 digital coaxial, 1 AES/ EBU, and 1 USB) and no analog inputs. So unfortunately you would not be able to run an analog input into the DAC. If your SACD player does have one of the digital ports, you can connect it out of the CD player into the XDA-2. If you are wanting to run the XDA-2 into the SACD player I am unaware if that is possible, you will need to check with your SACD player manufacture to confirm.Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. I hope you have a great rest of the day. Hello,Thank you for your interest in our gear. The XDA-2 DAC is a great product, and is usually after the CD player in the signal path. Based on that, it has digital inputs (2 digital optical, 2 digital coaxial, 1 AES/ EBU, and 1 USB) and no analog inputs. So unfortunately you would not be able to run an analog input into the DAC. If your SACD player does have one of the digital ports, you can connect it out of the CD player into the XDA-2. If you are wanting to run the XDA-2 into the SACD player I am unaware if that is possible, you will need to check with your SACD player... » Read More Hello,Thank you for your interest in our gear. The XDA-2 DAC is a great product, and is usually after the CD player in the signal path. Based on that, it has digital inputs (2 digital optical, 2 digital coaxial, 1 AES/ EBU, and 1 USB) and no analog inputs. So unfortunately you would not be able to run an analog input into the DAC. If your SACD player does have one of the digital ports, you can connect it out of the CD player into the XDA-2. If you are wanting to run the XDA-2 into the SACD player I am unaware if that is possible, you will need to check with your SACD player manufacture to confirm.Please let us know if you have any other questions or concerns. I hope you have a great rest of the day. « Show Less
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Hello Erwin, I'm not sure but as far as I know this cable (RCA) is analog and you are not going to be able to convert the signal from analog to digital signal (optical cable) without a converter. Hopefully this will help you. Later man.
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Optical out is one of two digital audio types of output -- the other is coaxial. So optical out actually is digital out.
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Yes George, you can hook up a pre-amp or a DAC output in case you chose to use one in the path. Sources will be connected to Pre-Amp and Pre-Amp Stereo out (RCA) to Mini X-A100's RCA inputs. Unfortunately the Mini does not have an Optical Input or XLRs or another set of RCAs. I have not used a Pre-Amp, but a DAC and it sounds awesome. Have a Marantz and High end Pioneer AVR (SC-65) and this little $200 amp beats them both at least by a small margin.
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The only out on this DAC is analog, that's why you'd use it: digital-to-analog conversion. Connect your digital sources to it to have a better conversion to analog than most receivers and embedded analog outs on most players. But it only converts PCM stereo, so if you want dolby or DTS 5.1, 7.1, and beyond, this is not your route.
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Mo,When using optical from either player the DACs in both players are not in use. Your AVR or PrePro is doing the digital to analog conversion. So, if you are planning on using the optical I would consider something a lot less expensive than either player.
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Robert you can hook up optical audio input or an rca cable. i prefer the optical, the sound quality is definitely better :) . hope this helps
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The best quality sound, and the easiest way, is to get a Digital Optical Cable. One plug in, one plug out to TV. I bought one from Amazon Basics, and it has worked great for the last 7 months. Not to expensive, either.
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I need this ability as well as I need to daisy chain the audio output to another amp. There definitley is no secondary digital audio out, so if someone who has this unit could see if the SA-CD or Video 1 audio outputs work for all input sources, that would be great. This is the only thing keeping me from buying this unit. Thanks.
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I asked Sonos support a somewhat similar question regarding using their DAC. If you don't care for the DAC in the Connect, you can always use the digital optical out on it (this bypasses its own internal DAC) and send it to whatever DAC you'd like for the conversion. Basically, as long as you aren't using any analog connection out, it stays digital and you can do whatever you'd like with it.
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The digital optical audio cable is best for the sound bar, but you may want to used the light cable. The Bule Rigger cable was too heavy and sometimes falls out.
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This didn't work for me. I have a TV with a digital output and a sound bar with rca inputs and optical inputs. I ended up buying a digital to optical converter for twenty five bucks. It works good.
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Digital Optical are much better than RCA. They carry a 5.1 signal, not sure if your sound bar supports that or not... just beware that these cables (at least the ones I received) are not as pictured. They didn't come with the attached caps and were much thinner and more brittle.