Airplay VS optical conversion cable

[andylyonette]

Reactors are ordered and want to use them with my tv. Is airplay a better connection versus the optical cable to 3.5mm conversion or vice versa?

I use Apple TV and stream all my content. 

If the cable is preferred does it need to go in both or is one fine?

TIA

Hello,

Congratulations on ordering your Reactors, they are special speakers.

I have mine hooked up to my PC via optical. You only need to plug into 1 side (I have mine plugged into left hand side), the other side will work wirelessly in Stereo after you set the app up on your phone.

I would imagine this is more robust than Airplay but I am happy to be corrected wrong.

I use the Airplay from my iPhone. Put a picture on when it's set up!

My experience of using the analogue 3.5mm jack with a stereo pair hasn't been great.  I'm trying to use both aux-in ports on both speakers.  Whichever one you select will work for several days before dropping out of stereo sync.  Try selecting the other aux-in port as the source after the speakers have been powered up for 36+ hours and it will fail and also break the stereo pairing (for all sources).  Both issues can be solved with removing the aux-in cables, power cycling both speakers then plugging the aux-in cables back in but it's very inconvenient.  I've had this issue across 3x Reactor 900w speakers, currently discussing with Devialet.  Both speakers connected to my network via ethernet cable.