Slappy, there are a monumental amount of existing threads on this subject in the archives. You really need to find yourself a new women, as you have too much time on hands! First reading the Playboy articles, & now your down to actually trying to gain knowledge from the Best Buy's Sunday advertisements? Hang in there little camper, before you go off the deep end with the Kmart ads!
Digital Vs. Toslink, your opinion?
Hey folks
Was just readin some BestBuy junkmail that came in the mail and it said that something long the lines of .....
"Toslink, the ultimate for discerning audiophiles who demand the highest level of performance"
Now, i used to install/splice/polish single node fiber while i was in the military and know quite a bit about it, and other than capacity and speed there is not much else that you could consider an advantage. The speed advantage over a few meters is not even something worth noting because yer talking less than nanoseconds in difference, and a 75ohm cable has more than enough bandwidth for AV purposes.
My own personal belief is that with home audio gear it is better to use a high grade digital coax than Toslink just because that eliminates the possibility of any loss when converting an electical signal to a light signal then back to digital signal. Not to demean the Optical cables and optical input/outputs in AV equipment, but it is a far cry from the equipment quality used by telecommunications companys for thier fiber rings and network backbones.
I also realize there is the fact that the Toslink cables are not subject to electromagnetic interference, but with proper shielding a good digital coax cable shouldnt have a problem with this either.
So what do you use and why?
Was just readin some BestBuy junkmail that came in the mail and it said that something long the lines of .....
"Toslink, the ultimate for discerning audiophiles who demand the highest level of performance"
Now, i used to install/splice/polish single node fiber while i was in the military and know quite a bit about it, and other than capacity and speed there is not much else that you could consider an advantage. The speed advantage over a few meters is not even something worth noting because yer talking less than nanoseconds in difference, and a 75ohm cable has more than enough bandwidth for AV purposes.
My own personal belief is that with home audio gear it is better to use a high grade digital coax than Toslink just because that eliminates the possibility of any loss when converting an electical signal to a light signal then back to digital signal. Not to demean the Optical cables and optical input/outputs in AV equipment, but it is a far cry from the equipment quality used by telecommunications companys for thier fiber rings and network backbones.
I also realize there is the fact that the Toslink cables are not subject to electromagnetic interference, but with proper shielding a good digital coax cable shouldnt have a problem with this either.
So what do you use and why?