I was surprised at how good a Toslink can sound after experimenting with a few. The two that i had the best luck with are the
Glass Toslink's on Ebay or a
DH Labs plastic model. Quite honestly, i don't know if i could hear any difference between the two as i did not have the two cables handy at the same time to make an actual comparison. I will say that the DH Labs was better than a few other plastic models that i had tried. It also sounded better than the Silver / Teflon coaxial cable that i was previously using on this set-up.
As a side note, i think that "cheap" ( read this as most inexpensive CDP's and the majority of DVD's ) MAY sound better using a Toslink as compared to a coaxial cable. Obviously, this will depend on the optical transmit and receive circuitry in the player itself and the DAC being used. My thoughts are that the reduction in jitter that one gains are more noticeable than the degradation that occurs from the extra conversion steps that are taking place. Those that are running a coaxial cable between their DVD and Pre/ Pro or their DVD / DAC might want to check out one of the above cables for themselves and see what works better in their specific systems. Sean
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