Audio Question: Is it better to run optical audio from the Mi box to my speakers or from the tv and have the Mi box connect to the tv via hdmi?
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digital audio is digital audio. It doesn't change going to one device or going through ten devices.
However, your TV might convert it to 2.0 stereo depending on how old it is. My 7 year old Samsung LCD 55" has optical out but it converts everything into 2.0 stereo. So I run optical from the Mi Box to my receiver for 5.1.
My 2014 Vizio optical out is 5.1 so I run HDMI from Mi Box to it and then optical out to my speaker system.
digital audio is digital audio. It doesn't change going to one device or going through ten devices.
However, your TV might convert it to 2.0 stereo depending on how old it is. My 7 year old Samsung LCD 55" has optical out but it converts everything into 2.0 stereo. So I run optical from the Mi Box to my receiver for 5.1.
My 2014 Vizio optical out is 5.1 so I run HDMI from Mi Box to it and then optical out to my speaker system.