optical connections

[JohnSilva]

How can optical connections can improve audio quality?

[Amy_Jenkins · Accepted solution]

Don't sweat not being able to connect with HDMI. For most setups, the sound will be just as good with optical as with HDMI.

[Amy_Jenkins]

This is called a digital connection, and is assumed to be superior to analog since the original digital signal coded on the disk is maintained until the amplification step (theoretically leading to less degradation of the sound).

[Amy_Jenkins]

It depends