HDMI vs Optical Sound

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Isomil

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I am running an i5-4670K and a Asus Maximus VI Gene motherboard. Appears the chip has an onboard sound driver as well as the motherboard.

Assuming the following are both true:
a - The Asus onboard sound is better than the Intel
b - The Asus onboard sound can be directed to feed through the onboard HDMI port (will need to look into this, but guessing its a BIOS setting)

Would it be better to run the sound through the Optical or through the HDMI? The computer is running XBMC and feeds directly into my sound receiver.

Thanks!
 
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Optical and hdmi sound the same, but hdmi can support 7.1 channels opposed to optical's 5.1 channels. I use optical from my motherboard to my receiver since it's older and doesn't have hdmi for a 2.0 set up with my old home theatre speakers. Use whichever makes cable management easier or hdmi if you need 7.1 channels.
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Optical and hdmi sound the same, but hdmi can support 7.1 channels opposed to optical's 5.1 channels. I use optical from my motherboard to my receiver since it's older and doesn't have hdmi for a 2.0 set up with my old home theatre speakers. Use whichever makes cable management easier or hdmi if you need 7.1 channels.
 
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