6ft Premium Toslink Digital Optical Audio Cable (S/PDIF)

I purchased a new (my first) LG Blue Ray player and replaced an old DVD player with a new Pioneer multi-zone DVD player.Because my only options for A/V inputs to my 10-year-old receiver and TV were component video, and Toslink or coaxial digital or analog audio, I decidedto buy new quality Toslink and component video cables.For digital optical audio I purchased two of these cables for the two DVD players. The product description and existing reviews leaned me towards these.They turned out to be nice quality cables and are flexible enough to bend where needed and have really nice gold-plated connectors. The connectors havescrew sleeves where the cable goes into them, so you can tighten them up nicely and they don't look like they'll separate anytime soon. I can't benchtest them but I'd say they are much nicer cables than I had before, and likely won't cause little or any data loss or jitter. For the price, they justcan't be beat. They look pretty cool, too.One of them replaces an old Monster brand Toslink digital optical cable, which I had used on my old DVD player. That cable was just crap for too much money.Not long after I bought it, I noticed the cable shroud separated from the connector, and was hanging down the cable about an inch. Then when taking a lookat it last week to figure out a replacement, I noticed the shroud had separated from BOTH ends and was shrunk down at least an inch from both, and thedata cable in the center had stretched out from the weight of the cable being supported by it alone. These were even stamped "THX Approved" on bothconnectors.These data cables appear to be better than that one and time will tell if they last longer without any problems like that overpriced Monster cable.

Excellent.Meets all expectations.

Being totally ignorant of cables and basically anything dealing w/technology, I read the reviews and took a chance on these cables. To my astonishment, all the sound problems I was having with my tv and soundbar have disappeared: e.g., hissing, differences in broadcast quality during the program and during commericials. Watching television was simply irritating because there was so much noise. That has disappeared. Quality is excellent. Sound on Roku 3 is also excellent. This is the third optical cable I have purchased. One didn't fit properly; one worked well for TV and not Roku. This works for both. If you are like me and have no technical background, you might have to shop around before you get what you need.

It's good, the quality of sound received is good. I would have rated it 5 if the look of the wire was better. It looks a bit raw and cheap. Other than that its perfectly fits to the requirement

Good looking cables. Collar around connector is loose and can get in the way. Overall they get the job done.