Bluray owners- Which connection to get best sound?

(For DVD not Blu-Ray player) I found that using the analog out from the player into the reciever, and using the reciever for volume control only gave me the best sound for my 5.1 system. For some reason using digital out from the player and having the reciever do the processing sounded harsh and edgy.

Greetings,
I use the 5.1 analog out connections to get the uncompressed audio. This sound is considerably better than audio via the digital connection. I don't have the hdmi connection for uncompressed audio so i can't tell you anything there. The only problem i see with the sony player(not sure if the pioneer is the same) and the analog out is, i can't change speaker distance in player and have to use the processor to control that.

I use the coax digital out from the Pioneer BDP-HD1 with my Valhalla digital cable. This feeds my Theta Casablanca. The sound is awesome. I wish some of the new blue ray players had a digital balanced out .

Rugyboogie,
You should try the Analog connections out into your Casablanca( Six shooter?). The sound is noticably better. I had it connected with the Virtual Dynamic Revelation Signature digital cable and switch to analog direct connect to my processor. Wow.

Pthai
Thanks for the info.
I had the Six shoolter on loan to me. Yes the sound was somewhat different in the analog domain using Theta's Six shooter than going straight into digital, but the extra cost of the Valhalla single ended cable times 5 did not wow me over.
I also found that the DTS prossing in the Pioneer was not as full sounding as that of the Casablanca III. I do not listen to 5.1 audio for music strictly 2 channel.
When I want to listen to music I use the ASR Emitter II exclusive which is IMHO much better than the Six shooter.
Take care.