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Coax vs. Toslink

For what it's worth, Ive discovered that an optical hookup provides better audio sound out of my cable box than does a coaxial connection. I prefer to run the HDMI direct to my TV for both cable and DVD and, while coax works better for CD/DVD, optical provides markedly cleaner, fuller, more detailed sound from Comcast music channels. Don't know why coax works better - don't really need to know - just thought I'd put out the word.
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good stuff - i'm always interested in people's set ups.

perhaps more of a function of the comcast box, unfortunately, but, like you say, who knows...

sometimes you just can't figure out why things sound the way they do.

i have comcast as well and had to switch to an optical cable on one of my tvs because of a ground loop and it took a while to even find an optical cable that came close to sounding as good as my rca cable(s) on that system.
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