RE: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic

Posted by default (A) on February 3, 2010 at 10:18:21

In Reply to: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic posted by Ned on January 13, 2010 at 19:08:11:

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.

:-)

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Topic - Is it just me, or is the sound better on Blu-Ray discs vs. regular DVD's? - The Real Dick Hertz 07:16:55 01/13/10 (14)

is there a dialogue normalization function on your panasonic BD player? - jeromelang 02:23:56 01/14/10 (2)

their license now forbids it - Joe Murphy Jr 09:22:57 01/14/10 (0)

No, but there is a dynamic range control. Mine is "off". nt - The Real Dick Hertz 06:53:05 01/14/10 (0)

Make sure you're taking advantage of the lossless audio content, e.g., the DTS-HD MA track - Jazz Inmate 08:49:59 01/13/10 (5)

DTS-HD MA, Dolby TrueHD or LPCM. - The Real Dick Hertz 14:48:57 01/13/10 (4)

Do you know if bitstream be passed via analog out? Or only thru HDMI connection? - Road Warrior 20:24:36 01/13/10 (3)

My player is the Panasonic DMP-BD60, not an Oppo. nt - The Real Dick Hertz 14:45:50 01/14/10 (0)

RE: Do you know if bitstream be passed via analog out? Or only thru HDMI connection? - Ben Van Dyk 14:33:59 01/14/10 (0)

RE: Do you know if bitstream be passed via analog out? Or only thru HDMI connection? - David Aiken 22:08:42 01/13/10 (0)

YES! - Jake 08:38:06 01/13/10 (4)

Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - Ned 19:08:11 01/13/10 (2)

RE: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - default 10:18:21 02/03/10 (0)

RE: Make sure your using a glass Toslink, not plastic - Ben Van Dyk 15:45:51 01/14/10 (0)

I'm using the HDMI connection only. nt - The Real Dick Hertz 08:43:40 01/13/10 (0)

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