Glass v.s. Plastic Toslink

Is there a real difference in the sound quality between a plastic and a glass Toslink cable used on your Apple computer running into a DAC?

stickman45108-15-2011 3:07am

stickman451 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 553 posts 08-15-2011 at 05:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The glass Toslink that I have seen are around $60 for a meter v.s. $10 for plastic. I'm fine trying the $60 glass. Are there glass cables cheaper than that; who sells them?
stickman451 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 553 posts 08-15-2011 at 05:55pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Looked on Amazon; not finding glass Toslink. Found this on Lifatec: http://www.lifatec.com/toslink2.html
realremo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 460 posts 08-15-2011 at 06:29pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I don't have the money to buy the gear I want, so I do a ton of research instead, and Lifatec has the best deal on glass toslink that I have seen.
mceljo Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,357 posts 08-15-2011 at 06:50pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete http://www.audioholics.com/education/cables/toslink-interconnect-history-basics Here's an interesting read on the topic.
meiwan Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 399 posts 08-15-2011 at 07:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I use a Silflex glass toslink cable from Lifatec on my iMac to DAC. Highly recommended. A huge step up from the $25 plastic optical cable I had before. Well worth the few dollars extra.