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dansrfe · 30th June 2010, 03:03

You know this might be a n00b question but I still don't understand exactly what a digital speaker is and what connectors are used with it. In a normal home theater setup where, for example, a htpc is outputting digital S/PDIF audio via HDMI (coming from the sound card or mobo sound module built-in to the graphics card), then is transmitted to the receiver all through a single HDMI cable, then then the receiver processes and decodes the audio if bitstreaming. But after that doesn't the receiver send a analog signal to the actual speakers? I'm totally confused about this. What exactly is a digital speaker and what is an analog speaker? What sort of connectors does a digital speaker have?

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dansrfe Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,210	You know this might be a n00b question but I still don't understand exactly what a digital speaker is and what connectors are used with it. In a normal home theater setup where, for example, a htpc is outputting digital S/PDIF audio via HDMI (coming from the sound card or mobo sound module built-in to the graphics card), then is transmitted to the receiver all through a single HDMI cable, then then the receiver processes and decodes the audio if bitstreaming. But after that doesn't the receiver send a analog signal to the actual speakers? I'm totally confused about this. What exactly is a digital speaker and what is an analog speaker? What sort of connectors does a digital speaker have? Last edited by dansrfe; 30th June 2010 at 03:05.