Optical Audio Cable question

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  1. JRsmoothy

    JRsmoothy Member

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    my question is if i will lose sound quality if i hook up my otpical cable to my tv and run it to my surround sound reciever or would i get the best sound from running the optical cable straight from my digital cable box to my receiver.... ya know what i mean
     
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    Run the cable to your receiver not the tv
     
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    what i mean is if i run it through my tv will i lose quality?
    or if i run it straight from my digital cable to surround sound(which is how i have it)
     
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    If a tv even lets the signal go through, it's downmixed to 2.0 stereo. So, yes........you'll lose quality, as far as surround goes. Run optical from digital cable box, to A/V receiver.
     
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    thank you JVC thats what i thought
     
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