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cdog · 2nd March 2004

Quote from Bob Katz's Mastering Audio:

"...the bit integrity is perfectly acceptible on a plastic Toslink interface as long as the lengths remain under 5 meters...

Glass fiber has much less loss [of bit integrity over distances] than plastic, and can transmit for thousands of feet; it also has superior bandwidth and therefore causes fewer interface jitter problems, jitter as low as any good copper connection."

I'm going to buy some glass Toslink and do some basic tests, although I do not have a device to measure jitter. Will let you all know the results.

2nd March 2004	#15
cdog Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,559 3 Reviews written	Quote from Bob Katz's Mastering Audio: "...the bit integrity is perfectly acceptible on a plastic Toslink interface as long as the lengths remain under 5 meters... Glass fiber has much less loss [of bit integrity over distances] than plastic, and can transmit for thousands of feet; it also has superior bandwidth and therefore causes fewer interface jitter problems, jitter as low as any good copper connection." I'm going to buy some glass Toslink and do some basic tests, although I do not have a device to measure jitter. Will let you all know the results.