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thanks for the help guys, i dont have banana plugs i know that much, but my question was answered. you guys are a great help. thanks again. aaron p.s. one more question though, someone told me that you need to use the optical connection to get 5.1 dd and DTS (3 coaxial plugs wont do it)....is this true? this is what people stated they had to do to get their XBOX to have DTS and DD. Maybe its just for the XBOX though huh? Well you guys have been a great help. Thanks.

thanks a million for the quick response. not sure this cleared up my questin though. some speakers have 'plugs' on the end of their wires to hook into the rear of the receiver and some just have bare wires running into the receiver, i have the ability for both on the back of my receiver but my speakers dont have the plugs on the end of the speaker wires, does this matter? i understand that you need to use speaker wire between receiver and speakers but is there any difference between bare wire and the 1/8" plugs that some wires have on the ends? sorry if you explained this, didnt fully understand it if you already stated it.

Hi, I am new to the home audio field so excuse me if this is a stupid question. My speakers only use wire for their connections to the amp and speakers themselves. Do they have to the the digital 1/8"? or 'plug' inputs to the receiver to be able to use DD 5.1 or DTS sound? On my receiver it says '5.1' only over the plug inputs on the back of the receiver and not over the 'wire' inputs on the back of the receiver. Did I explain it clearly? Thanks for any help.