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What provides better sound quality- an optical cable to the TV then the system or directly to the system?
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∙ 13y ago
If you're connecting out of the device to the TV's optical in, then from the TV's optical out to the receiver, you're wasting an optical cable. Just connect directly to the receiver. There shouldn't be any sound quality difference either way since it's a digital connection, but it's much cleaner with only one cable.
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