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[Cuda1447]

I currently am using an optical cable from Ps2 (dvd's mostly) to my pioneer receiver. I could use the red/white/yellow cable, and I believe that will still give me surround capabiility yes? Is the optical cable that much better quality? Worth it for the extra money spent on the cable?

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
I currently am using an optical cable from Ps2 (dvd's mostly) to my pioneer receiver. I could use the red/white/yellow cable, and I believe that will still give me surround capabiility yes? Is the optical cable that much better quality? Worth it for the extra money spent on the cable?

Red and White are ANALOG STEREO ONLY. Yellow is the Video (composite) signal.
"]- The Optical is SP/DIF (Sony, Panasonic / Digital Interface Format , which is the same as COAX Digital, just a different mode of transmission) The Digital output is the ONLY WAY 5.1 / 3.1 gets out of the box.

< Not YoYO, but I've been doing sound since before he was born. And I have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express before..... 😀

 

[Cuda1447]

So what you're saying is to keep my optical cable? 🙂 Gotcha, thx

 

[KLin]

Using the digital audio connection is better than the analog stereo connections. Try this test out, hook up the analog stereo to a different set of connections, then switch between it and whatever setting you have the digital audio connection setup on. I bet you'll notice a difference.

 

[clickynext]

But do PS2 games really output such high quality sound that you will be able to tell a difference? I doubt it.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: clickynext
But do PS2 games really output such high quality sound that you will be able to tell a difference? I doubt it.

Well, game developers put a bit of attention to the sound, wherein the ones that have TRUE 5.1 output will sound better through the digi outputs than through the analog. Analog converters are cheap, digital ones are, well, digital granted, the SP/Dif format lacks some of the detail of an AES /EBU conversion, but I believe the difference there is more insignificant than the difference between analog and digital.
YMMV.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Hi. Looks like you're covered already. :thumbsup: