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Is digital optical audio worth it?

I'm using a Samsung HW-F355 sound bar for my computer audio.

Right now it is plugged in through a regular aux cord. I noticed it has a digital optical audio input jack. I'm using my computer's motherboard's default audio output, which doesn't have optical.

Would it be worth it to buy a sound card for my computer to connect it to the sound bar via digital optical audio?

I'm not really an audiophile so it doesn't matter much, but if there would be any noticeable improvement I would do it just as a computer upgrade.

 

tomblundell

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fuzztone
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Any digital out to a decent DAC is better than computer sound .

That said I have an Asus stereo card with optical out, M2Tech USB to SPDIF coax and USB through an iFI Silencer. All go to the same Multibit DAC and the toslink is by far the worst sounding. A bigger difference than any cables I have tried. And all are worse than a $100 Raspberry Pi.

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fuzztone
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kr4  

You got that right.

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