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After seeing Pricebeat's post I had a look at what else is available. These look good as they're much tougher than the cheap thin stuff.

It's CL3-rated which means it's designed to be run behind walls in a commercial environment. The difference is that they'll release less toxic fumes if there's a fire.

10ft / 3m - $10.15
25ft / 7.6m $10.67
35ft / 10.7m $12.59
6ft / 1.8m - $20.91 (ha)

75ft / 22.86m $12.71 (1 left)
100ft / 30.48m $14.20 (1 left)

Also decent is this THICK 25ft/7.6m HDMI cable for $16.79.

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• killingtime on 17/04/2021 - 00:35 Comment score below threshold.
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    eug on 17/04/2021 - 00:45

    +12

    People who don't have ARC devices, or not enough HDMI inputs, or who want 5.1 channel audio/Dolby True HD/DTS Master Audio and don't have eARC devices.

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      sessionzero on 17/04/2021 - 08:34

      +5

      FYI optical doesn't support TrueHD or DTS-HD MA.

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        b2dz on 17/04/2021 - 08:38

        +2

        He's right it doesn't, but agreed with the other points raised.

        I don't have an ARC amp, and I use toslink to run audio from my TV to my amp.

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        eug on 17/04/2021 - 08:55

        Whoops you're right, I assumed it does.

        I use toslink to connect my DAC to a Bluetooth transmitter.

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      Jabba the Hutt on 17/04/2021 - 09:09

      +1

      Also those with Sennheiser RS-series wireless headphones (RS 185 die-hard here). They have analog inputs but they're suboptimal in terms of level control and sound quality. There are surprisingly few decent alternatives for wireless open-back headphones - even though we're spoilt for choice nowadays with the proliferation of Bluetooth wireless, they're pretty much all closed-back.

      Similar sitution for various hearing aid streaming devices - if you can't use the optical, you're stuck with inferior analog inputs.

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    ufoninja on 17/04/2021 - 08:11

    +3

    Perfect to carry hi-res audio from a DAC to powered speakers like the KEF lsx

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      b2dz on 17/04/2021 - 11:24

      -1

      No high res audio over toslink.

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        ufoninja on 17/04/2021 - 12:27

        You’re wrong. It can carry 24/96 which is what my DAC is set to and the limit of the KEF lsx interlink.

        It can also carry Dolby 5.1 which I airplay to an airport express with the 3.5mm optical out.

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          b2dz on 17/04/2021 - 13:02

          +1

          @ufoninja: But it can't do 24/192 right? And certainly doesn't carry HD audio formats like DTS-HD and DD-MA.

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            ufoninja on 17/04/2021 - 13:12

            +1

            @b2dz: “High-resolution audio (High-definition audio or HD audio) is a term for audio files with greater than 44.1 kHz sample rate or higher than 16-bit audio bit depth. It commonly refers to 96 or 192 kHz sample rates.”

            A toslink cable can carry 24/96 (hi res audio) so it is wrong when you state “no hi res audio over toslink”

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    narz on 17/04/2021 - 09:11

    Still rocking my Z-5500 in the bedroom :)

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  guidedlight on 17/04/2021 - 09:26

  I love the idea of optical cables like Toslink, they offer significantly more potential bandwidth.

  Although modern HDMI and USB-C/TB cables are truely amazing for what bandwidth they handle.

  So maybe Toslink was a solution to a problem that didn’t really exist.

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    eug on 17/04/2021 - 09:32

    +6

    I like how Toslink provides 100% galvanic isolation between connected devices, which eliminates any possibility of ground loops. Not all equipment is properly-designed, unfortunately.

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    b2dz on 17/04/2021 - 11:28

    +1

    Toslink was way ahead of its time. Carrying both DTS and DD 5.1 audio over a cheap, easy to produce optical cable and interface, with no loss of quality (from a DTS and DD perspective) was crazy considering how old the standard is.

    Clearly there are better alternatives today but they involve having equipment that supports HDMI ARC.

    It'll be a long while before you see it disappear completely.

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  omblygombly on 17/04/2021 - 11:26

  +1

  The big advantage of Toslink is that it's light based. You could quite easily have a 100 metre cable without a worry of it not working. Try that with HDMI. Added to which it's cheaper than a long HDMI.

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    AlexF on 17/04/2021 - 16:40

    quite easily have a 100 metre cable

    Toslink is max 10m.

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      Master Bates on 17/04/2021 - 20:21

      So don't buy this one:

      35ft / 10.7m $12.59

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      eug on 18/04/2021 - 16:24

      Toslink is max 10m.

      Back in the 80s when the standard was developed, that would have been true. Nowadays, Toslink transmitters and receivers have higher sensitivity so it is not uncommon for 15-30m lengths to work.

      That is why you can buy 30m Toslink cables. That's an even better deal than this, but there's only one left in stock.

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  Ebany on 20/04/2021 - 14:18

  Thanks, need a spare for my Logitech speakers