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System matching TOSLINK cables

Bigerik

Bigerik

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Any thoughts on best matching TOSLINK cables to my system? Is there any sound to look or listen for? I know that there are better qualities of TOSLINK cable, with plastic versus real glass in the construction, but I am at a loss to even know what to look for when gauging the qualities of TOSLINK cables.

BTW, I am using a Coax cable from my cd player into my DAC, while my computer is doing a mini TOSLINK to TOSLINK.

I also was interested to learn the TOSLINK came from Toshiba Link and was their proprietary technology originally.
 
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Do you have a TOSLINK cable already? you need a starting point before you can know what to look for in such a cable.

The differences between TOSLINK cables will most likely be slight, if any, and if the cable is short a cheapo one might be good enough.

If unsure, I'd go with the cheapest glass cable.
 
Adda said:
Do you have a TOSLINK cable already? you need a starting point before you can know what to look for in such a cable.

The differences between TOSLINK cables will most likely be slight, if any, and if the cable is short a cheapo one might be good enough.

If unsure, I'd go with the cheapest glass cable.
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Yup, I do have two cheapie Toslinks. One is a Toslink to mini. The other is just a standard Toslink.
 
Bigerik said:
Yup, I do have two cheapie Toslinks. One is a Toslink to mini. The other is just a standard Toslink.
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Alright, I think it would make sense to get an affordable glass cable then, see how it compares to your cheap (plastic?) cables.

If TOSLINK cables do make a difference (on your system and ears), it should be possible to hear it if comparing a plastic to a glass one.
 
I try to avoid the use of toslink cables. However, I have one application in which toslink is preferred. I've tried a couple of different brands but settled on the AudioQuest OptiLink-3.
 
I'm not crazy about Toslink either. Only option natively for some Apple gear. Unless I go USB to Spdif, which is a whole other mess to sort out.
 
Toslink is not my favorite either but where there is no other option it's nice to have a good quality glass Toslink. The Opticoupler replaced a BetterCables toslink and Tributaries coax and sounds better to me than either of those. I now have a very nice Wireworld coax but am not not using at presest (such a pain to get behind the HT system). I have compared the Wireworld and Opticoupler with the Rega DAC and preferred the Wireworld by a hair.
 
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