3 FT Digital Audio Optical TOSLink Cable Optic 3ft

by Parts Express

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002MQGOA
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• Item model number: Toslink-3
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (100 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #89 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Cables > Computer
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 1, 2001

Product Description

3 ft Digital Audio Fiber Optic Toslink Cable Optical This is a new 3FT fiber optic audio optical cable for use Dolby Digital Receiver, Digital Signal Processor, DAT Machines, Divx Player, DVD player, CD player, DSS receiver, DAT player/recorder, MINI Disc player/recorder, Sony Playstation 2, XBox, ALESIS, or any components that use normal full-size TOSLink connectors. FEATURES3 foot Digital Audio Optical Toslink HEAVY 5.0mm JACKET Helps Prevent Cable Damage and Provides Additional Strain Relief MOULDED STRAIN RELIEFS Reduce Stress where Cable and Connectors Meet GOLD-PLATED FERRULE Prevents Corrosion and Provides for Maximum Protection of the Fiber Tip PRECISION POLISHED FIBER TIPS for Maximum Signal Transfer (includes tip protectors) TOSLINK Connectors at Both BRAND NEW Optical Fiber cables for the highest quality transfer of digital audio signals

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MONSTER SCAM GOING ON OUT THERE, July 27, 2008

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Bellevue Native (Music City USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 3 FT Digital Audio Optical TOSLink Cable Optic 3ft (Electronics)

OK, you have been shopping for cables to finish off your new home theater system and time after time a salesperson tells you about MONSTER cables. Well, when it comes to HDMI or Red/Blue/Green component cables, getting something nice with gold fittings is the way to go but spending big bucks to buy the MONSTER brand name is way over rated. Search our some similar but way cheaper cables on Amazon.com. Now regarding these optical cables. Brand means nothing. Transferring a light signal is transferring a light signal. A gold fitting means squat. As long as the optical cable you buy delivers the light signal from a cable box to your TV or audio system, you good to go. Example, I purchased a MONSTER Cable on sale for $38 bucks before I saw this cable on Amazon.com. Glad Circuit City has a 30 return policy with receipt because I sure used it. Once my less then less than a buck optical cable arrived and I saw that it delivered a light signal just like the MONSTER cable with the MONSTER price did, I returned that overpriced cable faster than you can say jack rabbit. When installing your optical cable, look close at the shape of the fitting and the shape of the whole it goes in. Kinda trick to make sure you are placing it in correctly and push it in snug. Do not jam it in without lining up which side is up. Also, do not crimp the cable. You are dealing with fiber optics here so keep the cord from bending at a sharp able to keep your light passageway from getting blocked. ENJOY AND SAVE BIG BUCKS.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great price, and the cables work perfectly, August 10, 2005

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JPL (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 3 FT Digital Audio Optical TOSLink Cable Optic 3ft (Electronics)

I have a Sony STR-K760P receiver with 6.1 channel surround. I'm feeding my DVD in through digital coax, but my DirecTV and XBox both supply Dolby Digital 5.1 via optical output only. While these cables seem a bit delicate (I certainly wouldn't want to step on them, and I was careful not to bend them around sharp corners during setup) they work perfectly! Digital is all-or-nothing, either you get the full signal or you don't. There's no need to buy $20 - $50 digital optical cables from Monster or any other manufacturer, these will work great. My XBox sounds amazing when playing DD 5.1 games.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars VERY poor quality - tip broke off in my audio switch device, February 4, 2011

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Art (Oakland, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 3 FT Digital Audio Optical TOSLink Cable Optic 3ft (Electronics)

I rarely write a review, but this product warrants one. I warn you not to buy it. I don't know about the quality of the optics but I had no complaint about the sound transmitted. However, when I removed one end of this thread-like cable from an optical switcher, the covering of the optical fiber tip broke off and remained in the switch. Besides leaving the cable's fiber denuded and exposed, this made it impossible to place another cable end in that receptacle of the switch. It took me over an hour and a trip to a hardware store (to purchase a miniscule screw) to successfully remove the broken plastic cover without damaging the switch.
This whole experience is exactly the reason not to do what I did, which was to save a few dollars on a piece of s___ and end up almost ruining a valuable component of my AV system.
I recommend the TOSLink cable supplied by Amazon for about $6 or $7--that is dirt cheap enough, right? It does the trick and is of much better manufacture.