Does it make any sense that substituting one toslink cable for another, where the 2 toslink cables come from different manufacturers, could result in different volume levels?
Plastic Toslink cables are for the masses and will (most likely) degrade the sound. GLASS Toslink cables can sound very close to a wired S/PDIF digital connection.
Toslink is only a benefit where the galvanic isolation is needed. It relies on light bouncing off the inside walls of the fiber as it travels so yes glass is most definitely better. Whatever transmits light better.
Different sounding Toslink is just different levels of data loss, jitter, degradation.
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