whats the best way to connect a dvd player to an av amp. i'm currently using an optical cable any better ways????

Coax digital ( single 75 ohm rca )

The optical cable is better that the coax connection

That's a rather bold statement.

All things being equal, optical and coaxial are identical in terms of sound quality.

However, coaxial has more solid connectors (toslink connectors don't really fasten that securely - important if you fiddle around with your equipment like I do sometimes), and from what I hear optical CAN be more prone to the introduction of "jitter".

Still, unless you're having problems I'd guess it makes no difference.

"...and from what I hear optical CAN be more prone to the introduction of "jitter"."

...and since no-one who says this actually understands it, they just keep repeating it....

But slightly out of phase from the original quote.

If you're looking for all the pros and cons, no matter how minute, it's one of them. I never said it was going to make any audible or measurable difference.

Anyways, with the whole pro/con thing going, I suppose I should mention that optical cables have ZERO possibility of creating a ground loop, while coaxial digital cables can (I've experienced that one myself with a grounded DVD player - quite annoying to track down).

what dvd? what av reciever? the question is how good are the dig>optical and optical>dig electric converter? Is the fiber optic cable glass? no plastic, so how does it pass the signal? I have listened to fiber and optic and I like coax.

Coax is definitely less fragile.

Almost no optical SPDIF cable is glass, they are all plastic. That should have nothing to do with your decision.

Personally, I prefer 30mm² 4 core steel wire amoured, though some might think this is a little excessive.

Now Im sure there is a difference. Ever so ever so slight but coxax sounds fuller more weightier but then im one of them aint I... LMAO ;-)

Here's an example, though note it only has three cores so information retrieval might be compromised.