Topic: Cabling from source ->TV->receiver question

[akiraPrime]

Recently purchased a new tv with optical audio out. And   it changed my whole set up.

I used to set up like this:
Sources (BD, DVD, Games) HDMI ---> Reciever -----> HDMI TV i used mulitple HDMi cables to connect all my sources to the receiver then 1 HDMI to the TV.

But now I set up Like this:
Sources (BD, DVD, Games) HDMI ----> TV-----Toslink----> receiver
*if ill just be listening to music, a separate CD player is attached to the Reciever via analog

Which should sound better?
Or is it the same?
reciever is 5.1 only

[mhacman]

sound quality should be the same...

you also ensure that your TV can decode/pass-through 5.1ch Dolby Digital/DTS, right?  Otherwise, try to change back your connection:

Sources (BD, DVD, Games) HDMI ----> receiver -----HDMI ARC ----> TV

thanks!

[fattyacid]

In my experience, I can hear audio quality differences between hdmi and toslink in my setup. I prefer the toslink as it gives relaxing audio, while hdmi can get noisy and is good with movies.

As per google : The biggest difference is that HDMI can pass higher-resolution audio, including the formats found on Blu-ray: Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master Audio. These formats can't get transmitted across optical.