Topic: best optical cable?

[Nick Graham]

I've been using an el cheapo Wal Mart cable to run V3>JB3, but would like something a little more reliable.

Any recommendations on a good, beefy, (and preferably) right angle cable?

+T for any help...

[Nick Culbreth]

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-TMOC-RA

i've never used it myself, but i've heard good things about this cable from others.

[F.O.Bean]

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-TMOC-RA

i've never used it myself, but i've heard good things about this cable from others.

i personally wouldnt mess w/ anything but this cable, YMMV tho

[Nick Graham]

Cool, +T guys...I'm ordering one right now.

Nick, any bites on the 4022s yet?

[caymanreview]

ditto what bean said, il never own another cable for this job

[Nick Culbreth]

Cool, +T guys...I'm ordering one right now.

Nick, any bites on the 4022s yet?

not even a nibble from anyone here.  they're on ebay, hopefully they'll sell so i can liquidate the rest of my gear.

[JackoRoses]

refer to this post http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=10876.0
very informative,

[Brian Skalinder]

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-TMOC-RA

i've never used it myself, but i've heard good things about this cable from others.

Yup, I use this cable exclusively.  I believe you can sometimes 'em on EBay for ~$10.

[hhf32]

I got one of the ebay right angles and it seems like a real nice cable, never had a problem with it and paid less than $10 for it. Looks just like the one at Sound Professionals.

[sunjan]

I got one of the ebay right angles and it seems like a real nice cable, never had a problem with it and paid less than $10 for it. Looks just like the one at Sound Professionals.

Hey all,

I checked the ebay sellers mentioned earlier, but they don't seem to have any right angle cables at this time.
And a general search on ebay for toslink + angle doesn't give me any hits.

Maybe I'm not using the right keywords, or they're simply in short supply?!

If nothing else comes up, I'll go for the Sound Pro version (SP-TMOC-RA), but is is listed as "temporarily out of stock" too.

Did anyone have recent success in ordering any right angle cables?!

Thanks!

/Jan

[sunjan]

I got one of the ebay right angles and it seems like a real nice cable, never had a problem with it and paid less than $10 for it. Looks just like the one at Sound Professionals.

If nothing else comes up, I'll go for the Sound Pro version (SP-TMOC-RA), but is is listed as "temporarily out of stock" too.

BTW, the cheapest shipping option that Sound Pro provides would set me back another $32! Pretty steep for a cable that is listed at $25 itself.
I wish there were good online retailers in Europe too 

Maybe this is a topic for Team Europe to dwell on...

[Ray76]

I got one of the ebay right angles and it seems like a real nice cable, never had a problem with it and paid less than $10 for it. Looks just like the one at Sound Professionals.

If nothing else comes up, I'll go for the Sound Pro version (SP-TMOC-RA), but is is listed as "temporarily out of stock" too.

BTW, the cheapest shipping option that Sound Pro provides would set me back another $32! Pretty steep for a cable that is listed at $25 itself.
I wish there were good online retailers in Europe too 

Maybe this is a topic for Team Europe to dwell on...

I live in europe, but get usa prices since i stay on an army base. if you want i can order for you, and ship to you.

i live in germany. I own 2 of thos sp cables.

Ray

[Sanjay]

In europe there is a brand called Hama and they have a beefy optical cable with the width of canare star quad, right angle ends and metal ends to keep the optical tip in place, this thing is a rock.  If you can find one online I highly recommend it.

[spyder9]

I use the Kimber Opt1, made by Kimber Kables.  Thicker cable than the SP model and has never failed me once.

[Ray76]

In europe there is a brand called Hama and they have a beefy optical cable with the width of canare star quad, right angle ends and metal ends to keep the optical tip in place, this thing is a rock.  If you can find one online I highly recommend it.

 I have had bad experiences with hama stuff. They are german, and bought two of their cat 5 cables, and the fuckers came apart. Also bought a firewire card of theirs, and it wouldnt work with my pc. i may look at the optical cable of theris though. There is ahama dealer near me.

Ray

[sunjan]

In europe there is a brand called Hama and they have a beefy optical cable with the width of canare star quad, right angle ends and metal ends to keep the optical tip in place, this thing is a rock.  If you can find one online I highly recommend it.

Thanks for the lead!
Hama seems to have a huge catalogue... I couldn't find anything like the TMOC-RA, but at least they have a cable with right angle on one side:
http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*22970/action*2563/searchMode*1/bySearch*toslink

I'll look around some more, maybe I'll take up BigRay's generous offer if nothng else shows up. I owe you one!

[Chanher]

I'll chime in on my bad experiences with the Sound Pro's optical cables. First I ordered a RA toslink > RA toslink. DID NOT work with a Radio Shack toslink>mini adapter while connecting my UA-5 to my jb3. So I called Sound Pro's and swapped it for the RA toslink > RA mini. That also DOES NOT work with the UA-5 / jb3 combo; all kinds of static and dropouts.

FWIW the 3 ft. toslink > toslink Radio Shack optical cable with Radio Shack toslink>mini adapter has worked PERFECTLY countless times.

But due to the many others that have had good experiences with Sound Pro optical cables, I believe it has something to do with my own gear.

So if anyone knows of another RA toslink > RA mini optical, lmk because I'd like to try it out...

[F.O.Bean]

I'll chime in on my bad experiences with the Sound Pro's optical cables. First I ordered a RA toslink > RA toslink. DID NOT work with a Radio Shack toslink>mini adapter while connecting my UA-5 to my jb3. So I called Sound Pro's and swapped it for the RA toslink > RA mini. That also DOES NOT work with the UA-5 / jb3 combo; all kinds of static and dropouts.

FWIW the 3 ft. toslink > toslink Radio Shack optical cable with Radio Shack toslink>mini adapter has worked PERFECTLY countless times.

But due to the many others that have had good experiences with Sound Pro optical cables, I believe it has something to do with my own gear.

So if anyone knows of another RA toslink > RA mini optical, lmk because I'd like to try it out...

hmmm, thatstrange as hell honestly, def sounds like it maybe something w/ your gear, WEIRD

[krebsy]

The Sound Pros Toslink to mini has been flawless for me going UA-5 > JB3.  Doing the tos > tos cable with a mini adapter is where I ran into static/ drop out issues.  Interesting that you found the exact opposite.  I guess that's why we each stick with what works best for us as individuals.