Toslink or coax?


Which is better? I need to buy some digital cables for a HT setup. Is the Toslink connector not as good, otherwise they are the same baisc cables? I'm also looking for some more opinions on 'good value' brands. I need:
-3 10' digital cables
-1 3' digital cable

I was thinking along the lines of Blue Jeans or lower cost Audioquest stuff.

Thanks,

Scott
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My tests always came out in favor of the coax over Toslink.

As for brand, Blue Jeans is excellent and VERY inexpensive. About $15.50 for a nine foot run, complete with terminations.
Thanks for the input,

I've found all of the cables I need on the Blue Jeans site and went coax on all but one of the digitals. It's for an Xbox and I need toslink there. I'm confused about which cable that is from the Blue Jeans site? Any ideas which one for a toslink application? Also, is getting the cables the best (least$) way or are there other dealers out there?

Thanks again,

Scott
Here is the link to Blue Jeans digital cables (Coax). They do not offer Toslink to my knowledge.

Blue Jeans

These are about as inexpensive as I have seen. I have their video and digital coax cables and feel they are unbeatable for the price. There are better digital coax cables but you need a very high end digital rig to justify the investment (in my opinion).
Thanks again for the reply,

If I were to step it up a bit, what brand should I look to? You can see my modest system in my 'System' link. I don't want to go overboard but understand the need for quality cables.

Scott