Will an optical cable running from my Blu-ray player to receiver make much of a difference when playing cd's?

Question

I know it's good for the Blu-ray movies, but what about just playing a music cd on my Blu-ray player. Will there be a noticeable sound difference? Thanks.

Answer 1

That depends whats on the CD! and how much audio experience you've got.  It is super cheap and cannot be worse, I say go for it.

Answer 2

I don't really think it will help, optical is only needed for digital surround sound and is only a superior option to coax.

Answer 3

It depends.  Using the fiber just makes your dvd player send the audio to your receiver to be processed.  If you used like a rca cable to your reciver the dvd player does the proccesing.  If your receiver does hdmi audio and you hook it up that way that would probably be the best sound. But many receivers don't do that. But yes you receiver most likely will be better at processing sound than the dvd player or a cd player but it kind of depends.  Buy a decent priced fiber cable (or digital coax if your dvd player has a plug for it) and try it.  

BTW fiber is not always better than digital coax.  It depends on the cable and how far you are going with it)