How good is Optical Audio?

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Hi there, I was just wondering how good of quality is, since my family just got a new tv that supports optical audio and we have a cable bx that supports it
 
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If your TV is hooked up using HDMI, use HDMI sound. It is all digital anyway and HDMI does 7.1 uncompressed while SPDIF only does uncompressed stereo and 7.1 compressed.

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Won't be as good as HDMI but unless you have a bunch of fancy gear or 5.1/7.1 speakers you will never tell a difference. even then you will only tell a difference if the source audio is surround.