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How Digital Optical Cables Can Provide Crystal Clear Sound
Digital optical cables are cables that can improve sound quality from devices like a DVD player, CD player, AV receiver or a Surround Sound System. These cables have taken movies, music and video game audio to a completely new level. You will not believe the crystal clear and true sound you will hear from using these cables! Cables can make a huge difference!
A digital optical connection is also known as a TOSLINK connection. The cable is fiber-optic, which transmits digital audio from one device and produces optimal sound quality. The sound quality is due to the use of optical fibers, which prevents line noise. These cables transfer audio signals through light, which prevents RFI, EMI or ground loop interference. The optical fibers found in the cable can be made of plastic or quartz glass. The type of fiber made to use the cable depends on how you want to use the cable as well as bandwidth. TOSLINK cables cannot be more than 10 meters and usually should be under 5 meters because any longer results in lower sound quality. If you are need of a longer cable, you will need to purchase a signal booster to achieve the same high quality sound that you would from a shorter length cable.
Types of TOSLINK Cables
There are many TOSLINK or digital optical cables available but not all are made with quality optical fibers. As mentioned above, some fibers may be made of plastic, which will not provide the sound quality that a higher quality fiber such as quartz glass or PMMA will deliver. One manufacturer who has created quality digital cables is Velocity.
Velocity TOSLINK Optical Digital Cable is made from PMMA optical fiber, which is considered high quality fiber. The connection for this cable includes polished lens and gold-plated collar, which will ensure quality digital signals.
Velocity's Illuminated Tip Optical Digital Audio Cable has a unique and useful feature. This audio cable has a ring on the head of the connector body that illuminates when the cable is functioning correctly. In addition, this cable is universal so that it will connect to a TOSLINK connector without orientation consideration.
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Velocity also manufactures a LT Digital Optical Mini-Plug Cable, which is much more inexpensive and continues to deliver the crystal clear sound that you can expect from a digital optical cable. Like the TOSLINK optical cable, the mini-plug is made with high quality fiber, highly polished lens and a gold-plated collar (which prevents corrosion when connected). This cable is only 1mm, which will ensure quality sound and rejection of line noise.
Many of these cables come in either 0.5 or 1mm length depending on what is needed for your home entertainment center. However, the shorter length is always better and will produce higher sound quality. Either way, you will hear a difference when using a TOSLINK cable. A digital optical cable is the boost needed to turn normal audio signals into high quality, crystal clear sound. |
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