Cables To Go 98038 Premium Toslink Optical Digital Audio Cable (8 Feet, Black/Grey)
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Customer Review: High Quality - Great Price!
Summary: 5 Stars
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Last year, I purchased an Optical Cable going from my DVD/SACD player to my surround sound system. It was $25, but worked fine. This Toslink Digital Optical Cable seems to do the same job with its high-quality optical fiber, polished lens and gold-plated collet. However, it is under $6.00 and is eight feet long instead of four. I don't know what is happening with digital cables, but I have never seen one of this quality at such a great price. As you may know, signals are transferred via light through one cable instead of using three basic cables (yellow, green, blue) as in years past. This is a great investment for pure sound and clear pictures.
Note: Don't forget to take the clear plastic tips off the cable ends.
Customer Review: You get what you pay for
Summary: 2 Stars
Cables To Go 98038 Premium Toslink Optical Digital Audio Cable (8 Feet, Black/Grey)
I have a 46" Sony Bravia HD TV, DVR, Onkyo home theater system and Comcast.
My existig 6 foot optical cable was not long enough for my desired position of components. Amazon had many choices of 8 foot cables. I chose the Toslink. The price was certainly right and the specs. sounded great. I promptly recieved the product from Cables To Go.
The first thing I noticed was that the diameter of the cable was much smaller than that of the 6 foot Belkin being replaced. Initially, everything seemed OK. However, I soon found that when tuned to channel 104 HD, NBC, the picture would break up into streaks of large pixels, clear, then break up again. Of course the sound was also affected.
The problem cleared up when I reinstalled the original cable.
Customer Review: Main value is in convenience and ease of use
Summary: 5 Stars
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When I received this cable, I installed it on my home entertainment system to see if I could detect any noticeable difference in sound quality. I currently use gold-plated RCA jacks to connect my LG DVD player/recorder to my Sony 5.1 amp.
To me, the quality of sound was pretty much the same either way, but the real benefits would be in:
1. Ease of use. It's a lot easier to hook up one cable than several, particularly since you don't have to keep track of right/center/left issues.
2. Sound quality compared to "budget" cabling (I'd assume).
Very reasonably priced; I'd consider this a very good value if your equipment accomodates optical digital cables.
Customer Review: High-quality cable, great value!
Summary: 5 Stars
Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program (What's this?)
This is an 8' long digital audio cable. It's used to connect a DVD or Blu-ray player to a home-theater audio system. It's called an "optical" cable because the high-def sound is carried in digital signal over fiber optic strands inside the cable.
It's difficult for a typical user (like yours truly) to test the various claims the manufacturer makes regarding insulation and "immunity" and such, but suffice it to say it works perfectly and gives clear, static-free audio, as you would expect.
For just a few bucks, this is a terrific deal. Cables-to-Go makes these high-value cables including HDMI cables; I highly recommend their products.
Customer Review: Inexpensive quality cable.
Summary: 5 Stars
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If you're looking for an optical digital audio cable, you have a couple of choices. You can buy a cable like this "Cables To Go" cable that costs about $6 and does the job very well. Or, you can spend 5x-20x as much on a cable from a company like "Monster" that claim their HDMI and Toslink cables have magical powers to make your video look better, and your audio sound better. The choice is yours, but there is nothing magical about an overpriced digital cable. They either work, or they don't. I have several devices including my Blu-ray player and internet radio connected to my surround sound system via the "Cables To Go" Toslink cable, and it works 100% fine.