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Old 29th March 2006   #2
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Originally Posted by maz
I'm looking for both a TOSLINK cable, as well as RCA SPDIF cables.

Do you know of any good brands to get?
I'm firmly convinced that toslink / optical cables are all the same, at least for short distances. Search for my earlier post on this subject (I performed a test that proved this to my satisfaction). IMO, expensive glass cables offer no benefit ot Hosa "plastic" fiber cables aside from better protection on account of thicker sheathing.

I think Canare cable is great for S/PDIF -- there are lots of good vendors making custom cables on eBay and elsewhere. Any good 75 ohm cable should do fine. No need to buy packaged Apogee or anything else in that price range.

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