What does the 'digital out' on the CD player do? My stereo has a 'digital out' too.?

Question

What does the 'digital out' on the CD player do? My stereo has a 'digital out' too.?

Answer 1

it's mainly used for recording. it's a better connection!

Answer 2

it's a direct channel, not amplified or anything for making recordings.

Answer 3

You can send your audio signal three ways:  Analog, digital, and optical (technically a digital signal as well).  The "digital out" is one way to connect your CD player to your receiver and probably has a more reliable signal that the standard analong plugs (the red and white plugs).  It usually requires a different type of cable however.

Answer 4

it's so you can plug it into a receiver or other means of broadcasting the sound....

Answer 5

u can plug the the stereo to the cd player and enjoy the music

Answer 6

Plugs into a digital in on an amplifier via a digital or optical cable.

The data that is passed to your amp via the normal coax cables or the headphone socket is analogue, and it is preprocessed. This means that the quality of the sound is dependant on the quality of the preporcessor or amplifier on your CD player. The end result is, the quality of the sound you here is largly dependant on the quality of the sound your CD player produces, which may have gone though a rudimentary graphic equaliser set up for headphones or something.

Digital out sends the digital data directly from the CD to the amplifier you've plugged it into via the digital in where it is processed.

In other words if you plug your goodmans CD player into a Bang & Olufsen amplifier via the headphone socket, you're going to get Goodmans quality sound ( really really realy Poor), if you plug it in via the digital channel, you're going to get B & O quality sound (Really really really good!)