Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question?
I'm wondering why I've got a Digital Coaxial socket on my player alongside both the standard HDMI socket and a dedicated "audio only" HDMI socket, and whether Digital Coaxial carries a better quality audio signal than HDMI?
Should I favor Digital Coaxial over HDMI...?...or maybe I should be using the dedicated Audio HDMI socket?
I read the manual for my disc player but it doesn't say anything about sound quality...?...it seems to suggest digital coaxial is there for receivers without HDMI sockets and that the dedicated Audio HDMI socket can be used to run the audio to a receiver while the video can be run directly to a screen via the main HDMI socket...
...is there any difference in sound quality between these sockets...?...or is it purely to allow for different hardware configurations?
I'm reading my Onkyo receiver manual to try and get a better understanding of this stuff but it's not really helping...?...
The HDMI socket description says: "HDMI connections can carry digital video and audio"
...and for Coaxial digital audio, it says: "Coaxial digital connections allow you to enjoy digital sound such as PCM, Dolby Digital or DTS".
...but I thought HDMI did that too?
If someone could help clarify this stuff for me it would be really helpful.
[Edit]
My receiver manual also states:
"Available sampling rate for PCM input signal is 32/44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz. In case of an HDMI connection, 176.4/192 kHz is also
available."
Not sure which is better?
I'm wondering why I've got a Digital Coaxial socket on my player alongside both the standard HDMI socket and a dedicated "audio only" HDMI socket, and whether Digital Coaxial carries a better quality audio signal than HDMI?
Should I favor Digital Coaxial over HDMI...?...or maybe I should be using the dedicated Audio HDMI socket?
I read the manual for my disc player but it doesn't say anything about sound quality...?...it seems to suggest digital coaxial is there for receivers without HDMI sockets and that the dedicated Audio HDMI socket can be used to run the audio to a receiver while the video can be run directly to a screen via the main HDMI socket...
...is there any difference in sound quality between these sockets...?...or is it purely to allow for different hardware configurations?
I'm reading my Onkyo receiver manual to try and get a better understanding of this stuff but it's not really helping...?...
The HDMI socket description says: "HDMI connections can carry digital video and audio"
...and for Coaxial digital audio, it says: "Coaxial digital connections allow you to enjoy digital sound such as PCM, Dolby Digital or DTS".
...but I thought HDMI did that too?
If someone could help clarify this stuff for me it would be really helpful.
[Edit]
My receiver manual also states:
"Available sampling rate for PCM input signal is 32/44.1/48/88.2/96 kHz. In case of an HDMI connection, 176.4/192 kHz is also
available."
Not sure which is better?
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