Product Description

Tripp Lites 2 meter Premium Toslink Digital Optical Cable provides the ultimate in pure, digital audio quality. Using superior grade optical fiber, and precision polished optical connectors, Toslink cables offer a clean signal at even the most extreme volumes to give you a detailed, rich sound.

Product Details

• Brand: Tripp Lite
• Model: A102-02M
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .20" h x 7.00" w x 9.50" l, .10 pounds

Features

• 2-meter Toslink digital optical audio cable
• Superior-grade optical fiber and precision polished optical terminations
• Best possible sound quality through digital fiber optic signals
• Immune to all forms of EMI/RFI

From the Manufacturer
Tripp Lites 2 meter premium Toslink Digital Optical Cable provides the ultimate in pure, digital audio quality. Using superior grade optical fiber, and precision polished optical connectors, Toslink cables offer a clean signal at even the most extreme volumes to give you a detailed, rich sound. Tripp Lite warrants this cable to be from defects in material and workmanship for life.

Features

• Digital Optical Fiber offers the best in Audio clarity
• Precision polished optical termination minimizes loss for better high frequencies, and a more realistic stereo image
• Ultra flexible PVC jacket construction makes installation easy, even in hard to reach areas
• Immune to all Electromagnetic and Radio-Frequency interference
• Eliminates distortion caused by inductance, capacitance, and resistance found in copper cables

• Home Theater equipment with Toslink connectors, including DVD players, DTS Surround-Sound receivers, CD players, mini-disk players, MP3 and DAT recorders, Computer Digital Audio cards, and Satellite dish receivers

Customer Reviews

Does the job--at a great price.
Digital audio cable (or TOSLINK, as it is also commonly known) is a very common interface in my home entertainment system. My aging Sony A/V reciever only has 4 optical ins/outs and my system of components using the cable standard easily doubles that. I've purchased optical cable switchers and have a lot of optical cable running in the back of my media center. In that regards, I have a number of makes and models of cables, from minimalist and very delicate in build quality to quite robust (and perhaps to the point of overkill). This Tripp Lite cable fits squarely in the middle...a nice solid cable that feels good, but not indestructable. I plugged it in and it works just fine.

Why does build quality matter? TOSLINK, a glass fiber based optical cable standard, is nice, thin and robust in its transmission speeds--but it is susceptible to breaking by overtwisting or sharp impact. If you're comfortable using thin cheap optical cabling because your system is sealed and the cabling rarely accessed, go for it. But for many of us, your system isn't in 'lock down mode' and you may have an intermittent need to rewire or get back there in the "rats' nest" on occasion. For that reason, I recommend this product as a good compromise between cost/quality...it will take the knocks/use (within reason) without breaking the bank.

In short--you don't need the more expensive solutions by Monster or Belkin (which I own and respect). Just evaluate your scenario/circumstances and buy accordingly.

Great cable at a great price
I was so pleased to find this quality optical cable at a reasonable price that I bought two. I also appreciated that it was packaged in a simple ziplock-style bag, rather than the bulky, difficult to open plastic stuff that most cables are packaged in.

An optical cable is an optical cable
Don't fall for the rediculous notion that there is some difference between the quality of different optical cables. Unlike analog cables (like speaker cables) an optical cable only transmits a digital signal, so there is no "quality" to their performance. So, buy a great, cheap cable like this one.