All sources say that the coaxial connection is better (less jitter, more accurate). Assuming that your cd changer will only be playing non-encoded disks (DTS or hdcd) and is of lesser quality than your dvd player, I would use strategy A above. Don't know about the DACS
Optical or Coax digital ouput from DVD to Receiver
I just bought a Denon AVR-3802 receiver. It has three optical/toslink inputs but only one coaxial digital input.
My DVD player has both optical/toslink outputs and my CD changer (Denon DCM-460) has only a coaxial digital output.
If DTS and Dolby 5.1 soundtracks from DVD movies are most important to me, should i:
A- Use the coaxial input for the DVD player and analog inputs for the CD changer (I can always spin CDs in my DVD player)? or
B- Use the coaxial input for the CD changer and an optical input for the DVD player?
Is there that big a difference between coaxial cable and optical cable for movie soundtracks? and is the DAC in the Denon AVR-3802 that much better than the one in the DCM-460?
My DVD player has both optical/toslink outputs and my CD changer (Denon DCM-460) has only a coaxial digital output.
If DTS and Dolby 5.1 soundtracks from DVD movies are most important to me, should i:
A- Use the coaxial input for the DVD player and analog inputs for the CD changer (I can always spin CDs in my DVD player)? or
B- Use the coaxial input for the CD changer and an optical input for the DVD player?
Is there that big a difference between coaxial cable and optical cable for movie soundtracks? and is the DAC in the Denon AVR-3802 that much better than the one in the DCM-460?