[mythtv-users] Problems with alsa & spdif & myth

[Per Åge Sørvik]

Jesper Rasmussen wrote:

>
> Optical: the advantage is that there is no electrical current able to 
> traverse the fiberoptic cable -> your pc and amp is TOTALLY seperated 
> in terms of static running along from various components in you pc 
> ,through your cabinet, through a cable to your amp.
>
This is the really BIG advantage of optical

>
> some HIFI people agrues that, when you use optical the signal comming 
> from electric components inside you pc, will need to be converted to a 
> optical signal, transmitted over the vire, and converted back into an 
> electric signal in the other end. And the further argue that such an 
> conversion might be lossy and hench deteriorates the signal.
>
Yeah, right. Audiofiles often state this, and usually they have no idea 
what they are talking about. Media conversion of a digital signal 
doesn't cause quality loss, quite often it's the other way.

>
> however IMHO I choose optical as I _THINK_ (subjective personal 
> opinion :) the noise being trnasfered from the PC is more anoying than 
> potential  loss of quality due to conversion.

Always choose optical if possible, but beware of bending optical cables 
much, because they are a bit more fragile (especially glass fiber, not 
as much the more common plastic ones).

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peraage