Decent value for money optical cable?

[degsy]

Awaiting delivery of a Yamaha RX-V1400 and will need a digital optical cable to link up my oldish Technics CD player. Can anyone recommend a decent, value for money cable?

Currently looking at a Profigold PGD5000 OXYPURE Optical Cable 0.75m for 28.99 at Audiovisual online. Any views?

Thanks

Derek

 

[Hawklord]

this is cheap as chips and works fine:-

http://www.euronetwork.co.uk/acatalog/Toslink_Coloured_Cables.html

if you want more expensive then :-

http://www.hificables.co.uk/Product...ptical/v/8a8441a1-9a84-4622-95d1-0765124cd9a7

wouldn't you better off using a decent anologue phono interconnect or are the cdp's dac's inferior to the yammy's?

 

[degsy]

Thanks for the comments Hawklord. Certainly, the yammy's dacs sounded better than the (1990) Technics cdp's when demo'd - connected firstly via analogue phonos then via toslink.
(also I have a slight intermittent fault on one of the channel outs, so this would be cleaner!)

 

[bobgriffiths]

dont wate your money B&Q Have a cheap optical for around a tenner i have never heard a difference in a Optical cable and i am sad enough to have listened to quite a few now digital coax is different but optical never heard a difference
I have even seen a optical cable with gold plated conectors!!

 

[Flimber]

http://www.ardelectronics.com/order/display.asp?prod=110-01016

 

[bobgriffiths]

flimber that looks a well made cable for the price great find !

and i quote"with gold plated tips to provide better performance" on an optical cable!!! this just makes me chuckle.
i will accept that the fact that it is metal will mean its stronger but being gold plated makes no difference at all .

 

[degsy]

Thanks for the replies so far guys. It appears then that a reasonable optical lead can be had for very little outlay (gold plated connectors or not!

 

[Flimber]

Originally posted by bobgriffiths
flimber that looks a well made cable for the price great find !

and i quote"with gold plated tips to provide better performance" on an optical cable!!! this just makes me chuckle.
i will accept that the fact that it is metal will mean its stronger but being gold plated makes no difference at all .

Got about five of these, dead chunky and deffo recommended. Look like £££ and ditto your gold-plated chuckle

Mike.

 

[degsy]

On the basis of Flimber's recommendation, how could I not go for the ARD cable? Ordered tonight