Quote Originally Posted by fountboy
WHich Cable shoudl I use to hoook up a Pioneer Elite DV-47Ai DVD Player to a Pioneer Elite VSX-55tx receiver? Since they are both i-link compatible, is it better to just use that? Or stick with the traditional digital coax or toslink? Thanks.
I too have a 55txi and have spent hours pondering the same question. My opinion/answer is i-Link. i-Link is Sony's version of IEEE1394 or firewire as some call it. The advantages it has over coax/fiber is that it is jitter free and inherently smart. It incorporates a protocol which allows units to talk to each other. They can identify who and what they are and send messages indicating what kind of signal is being sent.

Besides the technical advantage i-Link has, it's implementation on the DV-59AVi makes it even more desirable. I know you have the 47 so this point may or may not apply. i-Link is the only connection which will allow the 59 to transmit every audio format it can read. If you use the coax/fiber you will need to also connect the 5.1 analog channels in order to get multichannel DVD audio and SACD signals. The i-Link passes it all.

Finally, I would say it is cheaper as well since a good quality firewire cable is much less expensive than a TOS link (fiber). A minor point but hey, the difference gets you a new CD or two...

Cheers,
David