[Andrew Haley]

Kele wrote:
Piggy-backing on Steve's question...

I'm unexposed to HDMI cables, but think there will be at least one in
my future. They carry the audio signal as well as video. This is a
digital audio signal I presume, same as the composite (RCA) and
toslink type of digital signal carrier? Is the HDMI better than the
composite pertaining just to the audio side?

I guess you mean "better than S/PDIF." Yes, it is. HDMI can carry up
to 8 channels of uncompressed audio at 192 kHz; it can even carry 8
channels of DSD. Also, HDMI uses error correction, which makes it
more resistant to interference, and it's a balanced signal. This
should make it more resisstant to interference, even though it's much
higher capacity. You're talking about the difference between
something designed in about 1999 and something designed in about 1985.

Holly smokes! Monster HDMI is almost a hundred bucks for one!

It's a good idea to shop around for cables.

Andrew.