Hi,

A couple of thoughts. I have a Sony T60 that when I use the optical connection will delay the sound a few seconds when I unpause the program, FF, 8 second delay, etc. The analog works great. My new HD Tivo works great via the optical connection, no delay. I had a similiar problem with drops and the solution (working with tech support) was to reinitialize the processor of the 950. This was done by removing the volume knob and pushing the little button. Note, you will lose all your settings when you do this. After the reset, the random drops stopped but the T60 delay still remained.

Hope this helps,

John