10-26-2008, 11:47 AM
Quote:but I get the feeling that I should be using one of these fancy digital audio ports instead.
Yes, either an S/PDIF Digital or an Optical (TOSLINK) connection will send all but the highest quality signal (they can't handle Dolby TrueHD or DTS HD codecs), while a standard headphone jack will only be 2 channels and have more signal problems. Over short runs the two are pretty equal; over long runs optical degrades less.
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