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?
stickman451
At these short lengths, the amount of bend in the cable, the type of fiber used, and the quality of the end lenses will eclipse the length of the cable when considering degradation. phone companies use fiber optics to transmit digital data over vast distances, I don't think the 1m to 2m makes any difference. I have read in several different sources that when using digital coax, length of cable must be 5' minimum to avoid signal bouncing within the cable, but that is the only length-based issue I know of.
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The five foot limitation mentioned above is B.S. please disregard.
Agreed, I've been told by many that there is no degradation for long lengths of optical cable.. I've used a 3 and 10 ft length and can tell no difference.
I use silfatec...
Source of "B.S." above:
http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue14/spdif.htm
only applies to digital coax, not optical cable.
To me, plastic sounds the best. I have tried many times multi-strands glass, and and the plastic always comes right back in my system because it sounds more coeherent, more balanced without edgy trebles.
Keep in mind that Toslink connections were conceived with a plastic monofilament of a certain aperture.
Glass never matches perfectly the correct aperture and the light gets bounced and reflected throughout the multi-strands for more jitter.
multi-strands glass in not used in medical equipment because the light in not precisely conducted..