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Using digital out on Motorola HD Digital Cable Box

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I'd say that I get good to excellent (depending on the channel) sound going from the analogue L/R audio outs on my cable box to my 2 channel audio system.
Might the sound be improved by using the digital out on the cable box to a DAC?
Thanks for your input.

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Re: Using digital out on Motorola HD Digital Cable Box - EL Cheapo 14:06:17 05/09/06 (1)
Kal's right that DAC's will not accept the DD signal, but a HT receiver will, and can process that signal however you want. I used DH labs digital cable to my panasonic 'digital' receiver and it sounded perty nice. if you have an ht receiver, it's definitely worth a try.
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- Right - Kal Rubinson 11:46:58 05/10/06 (0)
  But I thought that would have been obvious.
  Kal
Re: Using digital out on Motorola HD Digital Cable Box - FF 06:04:43 05/07/06 (1)
No I tried just as a comparison & the dig sonics were very harsh & the dac would lock on & off at times...
- Re: Using digital out on Motorola HD Digital Cable Box - Kal Rubinson 13:07:31 05/08/06 (0)
  That's probably because it is outputting DolbyDigital, not S/PDIF. Most audio DACs cannot handle DD.
  Kal

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