So I bought a sound bar for my new apartment, and it has one fiber optic input, and three analog inputs.
What I want to know what the best way to set everything up is? My Vizio TV has a digital optic out port, and I was told that I could keep my 360, PS3, and GameCube plugged in the TV via HDMI (Component for GameCube), and the sound would then pass through the TV and to the sound bar through the optic cable. Would I lose sound quality?
Or, would I want to purchase an switcher (like a system selector, but only for the optical cables), and plug my PS3, 360, and TV into that with separate cables, and plug my GameCube's analog audio directly into one of the sound bar's analog inputs?
Obviously I want the best sounding set up I can get. I don't really know much about home theater setups and the like, as I'm more of a video/picture quality guy.