if one had to output their digital signal as coax, then convert it to optical for connection. that would be a lot of unnecessary converions... ironic that i recall someone complaining about component video switching in a processor (due to loss?) and yet defending this. no switching/conversion of a signal is ideal, everytime it happens there can be losses. better converters/switchers limit this to low levels.

everyone knows that ideally there would be only one conversion in a digital audio signal, that from digital to analog with all the processing done digitally.

as i said in my first post, if you have no other choice but convert the signal to make it connect, then the point is moot and connecting is better than worrrying about bits of data being lost. if however you can leave the signal in one form, then do so. it would be better to buy a new cable than to buy a converter to utilize the cable that you already have...

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