Premium glass optical toslink cable

[anonymouse]

Looking to upgrade from generic plastic optical cable. Anybody got a premium cable lying around. 2-6 ft would be fine. Preferably less than 4 ft though.

[Polkersince85]

What's the difference besides price, packaging and color of the shield. A 0 and 1 is a 0 and 1 at the speed of light.

[anonymouse]

To be honest, I dont know. But theres much in this hobby that cannot be explained and I want to give it a try.

[BaggedLancer]

What's the difference besides price, packaging and color of the shield. A 0 and 1 is a 0 and 1 at the speed of light.

Thicker cables give you more confidence in the ability of your system. ;)


You have PM. Hopefully that solves it for ya.

[heiney9]

Try this. I am using one in the computer/office system (when it's up and running) so is Steveinaz. Great glass Toslink for not alot of $$$.

http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat%5Fid=2001&sku=40231

They are avail in longer lengths if you need. Order from/through Amazon and I believe the shipping is free for items over $25. That's where I ordered mine from and there was no shipping charge thru Amazon.

[anonymouse]

http://viperav.com/index_files/Page576.htm

BaggedLancer - not sure they are glass - they sure look pretty, but I'm looking for glass. Do you know what the conductor is made of?


http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat%5Fid=2001&sku=40231


They look fine. May go this route.

Does anybody have experience with this cable?
http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?cablintr&1174828712

or with this one?
http://cgi.ebay.com/3-3-ft-GLASS-TOSLINK-DIGITAL-OPTICAL-CABLE-Premium_W0QQitemZ270085173569QQihZ017QQcategoryZ14 965QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[WilliamM2]

Those both seem to be the same . I also found them here:
http://www.uniqueproductsonline.com/gltodiopca.html

[steveinaz]

Would a .5 mtr work?

[PolkThug]

What's the difference besides price, packaging and color of the shield. A 0 and 1 is a 0 and 1 at the speed of light.

The glass will work better over a 3 mile distance.

[steveinaz]

Cheaper plastic fiber can "yellow" not a good thing for light transmission. Glass also has lower loss provided it's polished/terminated correctly.

[anonymouse]

So I bought the ViperAV cable on the recommendation of BaggedLancer, and it arrived today. The build quality is simply fantastic, arrived in a nice box too. Not sure I hear much if any difference over cheapo toslink, but for the price and the quality, its worth it just for the peace of mind alone.

[BaggedLancer]

Good to hear, glad you enjoyed your cable for $23 :)