Product Description

12 ft Digital Audio Fiber Optic Toslink Cable Optical; This is a new 12FT fiber optic audio optical cable for use Dolby Digital Receiver, Digital Signal Processor, DAT Machines, Divx Player, DVD player, CD player, DSS receiver, DAT player/recorder, MINI Disc player/recorder, Sony Playstation 2, XBox, ALESIS, or any components that use normal full-size TOSLink connectors ; 12 foot Digital Audio Optical Toslink; HEAVY 5.0mm JACKET Helps Prevent Cable Damage and Provides Additional Strain Relief; MOULDED STRAIN RELIEFS Reduce Stress where Cable and Connectors Meet; GOLD-PLATED FERRULE Prevents Corrosion and Provides for Maximum Protection of the Fiber Tip ; PRECISION POLISHED FIBER TIPS for Maximum Signal Transfer (includes tip protectors) TOSLINK Connectors at Both Ends ; BRAND NEW Optical Fiber cables for the highest quality transfer of digital audio signals

Product Details

• Brand: eforcity
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds

Features

• Helps Prevent Cable Damage and Provides Additional Strain Relief
• Reduce Stress where Cable and Connectors Meet
• Prevents Corrosion and Provides for Maximum Protection of the Fiber Tip

Customer Reviews

works, but very poor connectors
While this cable will indeed provide a path for photons to move as with any other optical cable, the connectors are very poorly made. I'm guessing that they don't meet the mechanical specs for toslink, as they don't hold themselves in the jacks as they are supposed to. I literally had to use tape on one of the connectors to keep it from falling out of the port under no more pressure than its own weight. Correctly designed toslink cables stay in the same jack just fine.

Conclusion: Don't spend $100 on an optical cable (since they all perform exactly the same as far as data is concerned,) but do get one with good connectors (which can be had at reasonable prices, but apparently not this low.) Of course, for any form of digital data, whether electronic (HDMI, DVI, etc.) or optical (toslink, fibrechannel, etc.,) there is no difference in signal quality as long as the data actually gets to the other end, so a medium-cheap cable will perform *exactly* the same as an expensive "high-end" cable, unless you are in an environment with an incredibly high amount of electromagnetic noise (at which point you shouldn't have your TV or receiver [or yourself] there anyway.)

Decent cable for the price
Good cheap cable. Only caveat is that it does not plug into devices securely. Doesn't have the grooves to "pop" into devices for a snug fit and may come out easily if jostled.

Perfectly good cable
I've been using this in my home theater for months now and it works perfectly fine. Stay away from overpriced brand-name cables in chain stores!