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Originally Posted by the-cable-guy
if your amp is upto the job then you will notice a difference when using digital out instead of standard stereo.
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You won't notice any major difference with standard stereo as the information presented to the amp is the same whether via the SPDIF or analogue inputs. The set top box decodes the MPEG1/MPEG2 audio data and presents this on the outputs, theres no more dynamic range, SNR etc on the SPDIF output as its identical information to the analogue output.
The digital output only really comes into its own with the DD feed, as the STB does nothing to process this data, the DD data stays intact all the way from the broadcaster, even the MPEG2/H.264 compression encoder does not process the DD data, it simply passes it through.
I've asked this before, do you work in the cable industry?