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Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic

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In Reply to: RE: YES! posted by jake on January 13, 2010 at 08:38:06

You probably have a plastic Toslink. The glass Toslinks are so much better than glass that it's almost amazing. Glass Toslinks rival, or even exceed, coax (yes, it's true). I didn' believe it until I tried one myself. There was a recent post (maybe 3 weeks ago) on this subject on Audiogon digital, and on that basis I bought one - glad I did.

The problem is most people have plastic and don't know it. If the information with the cable doesn't specify it's glass, then it's almost certainly plastic.

I tried a glass Toslink for a big $19 for 6 feet from uniqueproductsonline.com Really well made and just great. What do you have to lose?

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RE: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - default 10:18:21 02/03/10 (0)
Just a note of thanks. In the past I have been disillusioned seeing the range of toslink cable pricing then after using them thinking I was nuts because it just did not sound as I would expect. Some years back I had a Elite DVD player that just sounded wonderful. I'm betting it was delivered with glass and through system changes and a replaced bad cable I put plastic into the system not knowing better.

I am sure what I've used is low end plastic based on price and the store I bought it from. I just ordered some glass cables from the source you list here. Their pricing is good. I'm looking forward to hearing if this is what makes the difference.

I'm replacing all my optical cables for glass. Not only will I get to use my current Blu-ray player for reference but will get to compare my Squeezebox when streaming higher bandwidth audio into my Marantz & Magnapan system. This will be real interesting comparing plastic verses glass verses the digital connection on the Squeezebox.

Thanks again.

:-)
RE: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - Ben Van Dyk 15:45:51 01/14/10 (0)
it may sound better but its the manatory sound codec your hearing.you can try the analog audio cable with the digital to see if it sounds better.I have not messed with mine enough though both are hooked up to hear the difference.I just read the lossless codec today that can only be heard analog or hdmi so I will see if
theres a sound difference
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