optical or coaxial audio cable?

Eldartford,

There is an element on the left side of the 1066 display that show whether the active input is "coaxial" or "optical".

I thought about including "analog" in the mix, but all I had was crap RCA cables, and I'm more interested in using the Denon DVD-2500 as a transport, and not use the Denon DACs.

Nrenter..Is that display the "active" input or the "selected" (by setup process) input?

It is the input defined in the OSD.

if you select "optical" with the OSD, and only have a co-ax or analog input, it will *not* default to the next available (valid) input.

Nrenter...See page 25 of the ROTEL 1066 owners manual.

"If no digital signal is present the unit will automatically revert to the analog input".

That's the way mine works. Try this:

1. Connect coax and analog to an input.
2. On the OSD, select coax. The 1066 display says "Coaxial"
3. Play a CD.
4. While playing, disconnect the coax.
5. After a brief silence, the music resumes. The 1066 display "Coaxial" disappears.

Hmmm...interesting. Guess I was wrong. I've never really used the analog out of my digital source into the 1066.

If you have more than one analog input in use, which input will it default to?

Sorry for taking this thread WAY off topic.