coaxial digital vs optical digital audio cables

[Quadzilla]

Hi All,
I need to buy a digital audio cable to hook up my Pioneer DV-588 DVD player to a new Pioneer VSX 1015 I just bought. The DVD player is mainly used for movies. I was wondering which is the best performing digital audio cable to use, coax or optical? Is there much difference? Thanks!

 

[markw]

no difference

Go for whichever is cheaper or you have open I/O for. Given a choice, I'll go coaxial.

 

[NGL_BrSH]

digital, 1's or 0's.. doesn't matter.. it either works or it doesn't.

 

[CAVau]

Quadzilla, I use Optical for my DVD player, you can get both types for the same price. I think the 1015 only has 2 optical and 1 digital coax input, so first see what else you will be hooking up.Some things only have one or the other.

A good thing to do is get both types of cables and try them out,then return the one you do not want.

You can also check out this link....

DigitalCoaxvsOptical