which sounds better analog or digital???

Hey any sound buff would like to help me with this-----connect 5.1 digital speakers to a soundcard through digital input or analog. connection.

there are few speakers that are available in the market which havea digital output but most of the soundcard have a digital output.

is there a 7.1 speaker syste mwhich have a digital output.I found logitech z5500 they havea digital output. any 7.1 recommendations?????

Digital No brainer, digital. no doubt about it, digital digital!!!! digita and 7.1 is better digital is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better The above answers are only sort of right. It depends on what you are listening to. If its only surround sound home theater then Digital is better. This is because in the digital signal there is the specific information for each channel of the surround sound. This isn't possible in analog without and individual cable for each channel. This is what super audio is.

However if you are only listening to music, music is generally recorded in stereo format. Here there is a disadvantage for digital. In digital, the CD player has to take the analog signal and convert it to a digital signal and then send it to the stereo which converts it back to analog and then sends it over the speakers. With ana analog connection there is no conversion. You also are not relying on how could the signal processor is to do digital to analog conversion. If I were to play you stereo over a digital cable vs audio from an analog cable you would hear the difference. Audio buffs for music stick with 2 great quality speakers, and an analog hook-up.