Klipsch-daddy Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Are they alot of differences in different name brands like monster cable, or a generic one? Because there is a huge difference in price. There are a million on ebay from 1.00 up to 50.00 Also what about the ones that have gold ends? I am looking at the ones that are called PRO 2m optical cable. ------------------ My HTS: MAINS: RF-3's CENTER: KSC-C1(LOOKING FOR A RC-3 OR RC-3II) REAR: SS-1's SUB: KSW-12 TV: TOSHIBA THEATER VIEW 50" RECEIVER:KENWOOD VR-4080B DVD: SONY S-360 DVD PLAYER monster cable interconnects/12 gauge speaker wire This message has been edited by Klipsch-daddy on 12-14-2001 at 05:04 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 I assume you are talking about Toslink cables. One thing I can tell you straight off is that gold plating the connector has no effect on the performance of an optical cable. My guess is that the cheap ones will work for you just as well as the expensive ones on a 2M run. If the cheap ones work at all, more expensive ones will probably not sound better. You would expect more expensive ones to have more parallel, better polished ends, a tougher jacket, better connector, etc. The slightly better optical performance of the expensive cables might be relevant on a long run. Whether the other improvements are worth the money depends on your environment. So you might want to try the cheap ones first. Or you might just want to go with the expensive ones anyway. Top of the line MonsterCable Interlink LightSpeed 200 cables have a retail price of about $80 in 2M. Thats peanuts compared to what some people pay for speaker cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipsch-daddy Posted December 14, 2001 Author Share Posted December 14, 2001 Malcolm, the ones you speak of "monster cable" are on ebay around 20.00-50.00, 1 is at 9.99 with 1 day left. ------------------ My HTS: MAINS: RF-3's CENTER: KSC-C1(LOOKING FOR A RC-3 OR RC-3II) REAR: SS-1's SUB: KSW-12 TV: TOSHIBA THEATER VIEW 50" RECEIVER:KENWOOD VR-4080B DVD: SONY S-360 DVD PLAYER monster cable interconnects/12 gauge speaker wire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decibel man Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 KD, there isn't a difference in sound quality as much as there is a difference in build quality. The "better" toslink or optical cables will fit more snug in the connector, keeping out tiny dust particles that can eventually affect the signal. They are also typically more resistant to kinking. Some cables stop working properly if they get kinked. There are other issue, but those are the main ones. I have a higher end Monster on my DVD-player, but I was a little nieve when I bought it 3 or 4 years ago. I have helped my friends pick out a several cables in recent times. They all went with cables in the $25 to $50 range. The build quality wasn't too bad for that money. My cable on the other hand looks like it could be mistaken for 4 gauge wire, and it should for $100. I this helps you in your quest for the speed of light. Happy listening and enjoy! JT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USparc Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 I bought the SKC07530 toslink of 10m at www.cableworld.de for about $30. It connects my hercules fortissimo II sound card to my receiver without any problems. ------------------ ------------------------- Receiver: Onkyo 676 DVD: Pioneer DV-525 Screen: Thomson 46" RetroProjection Front: RF-3 tFTP Rear: RF-3 tFTP Center: RC-3 tFTP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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