Robin Bowes;581544 Wrote: > On 25/09/10 20:44, Robin Bowes wrote: > > On 24/09/10 19:26, Robin Bowes wrote: > >> > >> So, what's a good Toslink cable? > >> > > > > I couldn't be bothered to look into this too much, so I bought a > couple > > from Blue Jeans. > > > > I don't believe that digital cables make any difference, as long as > they > > fit the sockets well, and Blue Jeans use good connectors. That's > about > > as far as my reasoning goes! Only trouble is, they have to come from > the > > States so take a few days to get here. Ah well, I guess I can manage > > with my AES cables for a bit longer... > > Well, the Toslinks arrived today and, after spring a further £12.51 > for > "VAT + £8 Post Office admin charge" - Grrrrr - I got them home. > > And, the verdict is...either the DEQ has crap Toslink sockets, or the > Blue Jeans cables have crap plugs, or Toslink is just crap. Either > way, > I could only get a sound if I pushed the plug into the digital out of > the SEQ quite firmly. > > Is that normal for Toslink? Are they usually so poor? Is there a trick > to getting them to plug in properly? > > Meanwhile, I'm back on the homemade XLR AEs/EBU cables. > > R. > -- > "Feed that ego and you starve the soul" - Colonel J.D. Wilkes > http://www.theshackshakers.com/
Toslink is (or was) used extensively in low-end studios (ADAT lipepipe) - it is fairly mechanically robust....just don't over bend the cable! The plugs should click into place. This can require some insertion force - but not excessively so. Some plugs have protectors over the end of the fibre cable (usually black in colour). These need to be discarded. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82171
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