[tracylynn]

looking for a toslink optical cable? to hook up my minidisc recorder to my home system. my buget is <$100. u have any suggestion...what brand. what model... plz help a sista.

 

[Braver]

hop by your local electronics store, they'll have what you need (RadioShack or similar for instance or whatevere place that sells walkmans and dishwashers). you can spend more, but when you're going to record and compress stuff, I don't see the need for anythign too fancy.

 

[jude]

Quote:

Originally posted by tracylynn ...plz help a sista.

LOL!

 

[Dusty Chalk]

Hosa. I am a digital cable sceptic, so cheap is good. If you want online, try zZounds ...alright, that didn't work, but anyway, go down to your local Guitar Center, and get the ADAT cable "OPT-102 Fiber-optic cable, 0.6M" (yes, it's the same thing). Other lengths are available, but are more expensive.

ADAT fiber-optic cable the same thing.

Uh...Jude...why is that funny? Sorry, gotta ask, 've been down that road before...not that it matters...

 

[durang]

I just ordered a 2.5m Toslink cable from Core Sound (http://www.core-sound.com/toslink-cables.html) for $15 plus shipping. (yes - $15!)

I had previously ordered a long length of coaxial cable from them for a similarly bargain basement price and the quality was excellent.

 

[setmenu]

Van Den Hul make a first class optical cable in a variety of terminations.
It does appear to "sound" better than all the others I have heard!

 

[morphsci]

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Originally posted by DustyChalk Uh...Jude...why is that funny? Sorry, gotta ask, 've been down that road before...not that it matters...

Somehow I think the answer seems pretty obvious. But then again, I'm a born sceptic.

 

[Audio-Me]

I love Audioquest digital cables. Here are inexpensive ($50) cables that'll get you $300 silver interconnect sound, hehe.

Audioquest OptiLink-1

http://www.audio-direct.com/cgi-bin/...=OPTILINK-1-1M

 

[zoboomofo]

I got a toslink cable for 12 Canadian pesos at Long & McQuade! you'll need the miniplug adapter as well of course. Hmm, there's more skeptics about premium toslinks here eh? Maybe somebody would like to explain how an expensive optical cable has improved their listening. Anyone?

(*hit this thread is old)

 

[Dusty Chalk]

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Originally posted by morphsci But then again, I'm a born sceptic.

Well in that case, after my experiences, you can think of me as a born-again skeptic. (Note spelling -- I don't think you meant sceptic, as in tank. OTOH, maybe you did. EDIT: cancel that comment. I was thinking of "septic" -- sceptic is a perfectly valid variant of skeptic. Leaving it in because it was stupid/funny.)