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idave · 27th June 2007

Hello Guys, I have been looking over this Forum for the last few months and have found lots of invaluable information, you guys are great for giving so much of your time and passing along your nuggets and gems!!
I have recently bought an Alesis HD24 & Tascam DM-24 Digital Mixer to use along with Focusrite Octopre's (3) and I would like to stay in the digital realm which for me means using the Adat Litepipe connections. "Which" toslink cables to use is the BIG question here. I have scoured the web and done a fair amount of research on the benefits of "Glass" Fiber Toslink cables v other types. My only experience of Toslink cables have been with the stock cables that came with the equipment (that would be Adats in the early 90's, various DAT machines and my Digi 002R, actually the 002R I am now connecting from my Apogee Rosetta via an Apogee SPDIF cable) but you catch my drift I'm sure.
So, whats the story, Fiber, Glass, Hosa,Apogee, Monster etc? In a Bob Katz article he "seems" to suggest that the connection to the A/D,D/A converter is more important than "plastic v glass etc" , which does make sense as obviously the connection point is the "most" vulnerable.
Anyway, I am looking my options and here are a few of them (not in any order);-
1) Apogee WE-GP Wyde-Eye Glass Pro Cable
2) Acoustic Research Pro Fiber Optical cables
3) Monster Interlink® LightSpeed™ 100 High Performance Digtal Fiber Optic Cable,
Hosa and others!!!! My brain Hurts !!!
I would love to hear what you all think and have experience of?
I apologize for long email..
cheers
dave

27th June 2007	#1
idave Gear Head Joined: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 34 Thread Starter	Adat Litepipe/Toslink Cables? Hello Guys, I have been looking over this Forum for the last few months and have found lots of invaluable information, you guys are great for giving so much of your time and passing along your nuggets and gems!! I have recently bought an Alesis HD24 & Tascam DM-24 Digital Mixer to use along with Focusrite Octopre's (3) and I would like to stay in the digital realm which for me means using the Adat Litepipe connections. "Which" toslink cables to use is the BIG question here. I have scoured the web and done a fair amount of research on the benefits of "Glass" Fiber Toslink cables v other types. My only experience of Toslink cables have been with the stock cables that came with the equipment (that would be Adats in the early 90's, various DAT machines and my Digi 002R, actually the 002R I am now connecting from my Apogee Rosetta via an Apogee SPDIF cable) but you catch my drift I'm sure. So, whats the story, Fiber, Glass, Hosa,Apogee, Monster etc? In a Bob Katz article he "seems" to suggest that the connection to the A/D,D/A converter is more important than "plastic v glass etc" , which does make sense as obviously the connection point is the "most" vulnerable. Anyway, I am looking my options and here are a few of them (not in any order);- 1) Apogee WE-GP Wyde-Eye Glass Pro Cable 2) Acoustic Research Pro Fiber Optical cables 3) Monster Interlink® LightSpeed™ 100 High Performance Digtal Fiber Optic Cable, Hosa and others!!!! My brain Hurts !!! I would love to hear what you all think and have experience of? I apologize for long email.. cheers dave