Clearance price but I’m not sure if there’s an error here because it says the regular price is $2.51 but the same brand and type of cable are $10-$15 for the smaller lengths and those aren’t on clearance.
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I am all for nice and cheap cables, but what do people use toslink for these days? HDMI works on most TVs right? And 10 meters?
I use the cable to connect my TV to a DAC and then connect that to my analog stereo. 10m because the tv and the stereo are far away. I didn't really consider hdmi as an option, maybe that would have been better.
I have an apt-x bluetooth transmitter that has toslink, and no hdmi. I imagine a bunch of (more niche) audio gear would be similar, like headphone amp/dacs etc.
Don't need 10m for my use case, though!
Edit: Actually, maybe I could use the 10m cable to route it next to my couch…hmm. :)
Same here
Optical out is generally always outputting, while 3.5mm has a speaker cutoff when you plug it in. Now that you can get optical-RCA converters for $5, it's easy.
One advantage of Toslink is that it uses light to transmit data, therefore it won't lose data over 10 metres, whereas some HDMI cables struggle with that length.
HDMI cables are chunky and inflexible, and IIRC you lose an HDMI port for audio out. Toslink cables are thin and better than RCA. I connect my TV to my sound bar with Toslink.
For audio toslink is better for long distance because it doesnt pick up interference whereas you need a good hdmi cable to counter signal loss from resistance and interference.Most audio content is 2 channel and theres more portable devices that have toslink and no hdmi. It's easy to convert analogue rca to spdif with a converter box too. hdmi has this annoying thing where the audio and video is muxed together so when you take a hdmi cable from the gpu to a amp it gives you a phantom display even if you just wanted audio. Spdif has rudimentary drm support which can be easily stripped for older devices while hdcp in HDMI is annoying when you have generic brand and older devices.
Great insights! Thank you
That's a good point. I have a DAC that is connected to a Wiim Pro via a 15cm coaxial cable, but I hadn't considered people that want to connect something that is far away from their DAC. That may create some electrical interference.
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