Stereo audio over Digital Coax?

[t3031999]

I have a dvd player (also my cd player) that has both stereo analog that i currently use for music and coax.
I just got a reciever with digital coax connections for multichannel.

Will the coax cover the standard cd stereo analog or will I need both cables?

Thanks for any responses.

 

[buckyg4]

Coax will cover both stereo and DVD.

 

[ozdvduser]

Connect 2xRCA for L&R Stereo the way it was designed to be heard
Connect Coax digital for DVD-V
Connect 6xRCA for 5.1 DVD-A and SACD

 

[nibhaz]

Connect 2xRCA for L&R Stereo the way it was designed to be heard
Connect Coax digital for DVD-V
Connect 6xRCA for 5.1 DVD-A and SACD

poppy meat!

You only need the coax connection. You would only use the analog connection on your player for redbook cds if the DACs in the player were of higher quality than those found in your receiver.

 

[markw]

Actually, Nibhaz is correct but there's more than one way to skin a redbook cat.

Connect 2xRCA for L&R Stereo the way it was designed to be heard

This will use the DAC resident in the player itself. Should he use the digital feed to his receiver, the receiver's DAC would then be in play.

Actually, I'll betcha that if he selects his receiver's DVD input it'll play a regular redbook CD with no problems. The picture may be funky but all he has to do is turn off the TV.

but yes, the hi-rez formats do require a rat's nest of coax and unless he has a DVD player with internal DD/DTS to analog decoding (rare these days) he needs that digital feed to the receiver to get DD/DTS.

But, then again, many people choose to use the red/white analog feed for CD's to make the receiver's input switching a bit more intuitive, or "user friendly". Somehow it's more logical to switch to the CD input for CD's.