Phil Leigh;448397 Wrote: > My friend who owns a large fibre-cable manufacturing company laughs > every time I mention glass to him...
Glass fibre is better, but... All glass toslink cables I've seen bundle many glass fibers together, and if their lengths aren't precisely the same, you will smear the transitions, possibly making things worse than a single plastic fiber! Worse, many glass fiber cables have poorly fitting terminations which also causes problems. I bought glass fiber cable to experiment with, and when it arrived I discovered it has a round ferule on the end, not the proper D shaped toslink end. It doesn't mate well with the connectors, and actually causes total signal loss if it isn't held pretty much straight into the connector. In my experience, glass toslink cables are best -avoided- and I certainly don't recommend them! Now ST glass connectors are an entirely different kettle of fish, but little gear use them.... Dave -- DCtoDaylight Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65893 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
