Cable TV digital music

To Zenblaster:
I just have the At&t U-verse provider installed for my TV.And they have a channel with old and recent video concerts...very interesting.Now i have this AT&T digital box that i would like to connect to my system.If i will get a cheap good DAC,is the quality of the music will change dramatically or even better but not expecting too much of course.
I apologized for interupting your questions to Joeb.
Thanks.pescolar

Hi Zen,
the unit is just a Motorola cable box. It's labeled "dual tuner: dvr/hdtv" It just has rca jacks.
jb

Hi Joeb,
If it is a Comcast Motorola HD/DVR then it has spdif (usually an orange colored rca type) digital output as well as toslink (fiber optic) digital output. I looked at your Cary 306/200 online via manufacturers pdf and it appears that you have digital inputs on the back and a selection option on the front for type of digital input?

IF THIS info is correct then you would use either a single toslink or digital coaxial cable from the output on DVR to matching input on the 306/200, then when you are ready to listen to cable supplied music just switch the cd players input to toslink or coax to receive cable digital signal through the Cary's digital converter.

This is definately the way I would do it as long as the online owners manual is correct.

Hope this helps and feel free to ask me any questions.
Bruce

Bruce, the Motorola does hae something labeled: optical SPDIF, it is an orange rca jack but it next to the "audio in" jacks. in a row underneath the SPDIF jack are 3 rca jacks; a green one labeled "y", a blue one labeled "Pb" and a red one labeled "Pr" but no toslink output.
On the back of theCary unit there are both in/out puts labeled coaxial (rca jack), a toslink, and a balanced AES/EBU (what does that stand for?) any way, on the front you can switch from the CDP to any of the 3 digital sources: AES?EBU, coaxial or toslink. So, what do you think? Should I just try hooking up from the Motorolan RCA SPDIF jack to the Cary coaxial jack? thanks, jb

It will sound better than using the cable box's DAC's, but it's still low res music. Same as putting lipstick on a pig. :D