There was a thread back a couple of months ago, and one individual claimed that the issue with Toslink was not the cable, but the sending and receiving boards/electronics used by the audio component manufacturers; I believe dealing with wildly varying quality of components used in construction of same. (For the record, I own/used Monster Toslink, compared them to digital coax, and I prefer electrons over photons with my equipment.) Garfish's comments are noted, but don't you think that fiber optic cable is fiber optic cable, and photons are photons? Maybe I opened a can of worms by saying that.
Toslink Cable Upgrade?
Would like to know if anyone has tried using an upgraded toslink such as Audioquest, Kimber etc. between a Direct TV receiver and preamp/converter. Am currently using a monster toslink and would like to know if the sonic improvements are noticeable.