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Optical Cable 6 ft. |  | Brand: Parts Express
Category: CE
List Price: $7.99
Buy New: $0.01
as of 7/29/2010 21:12 CDT details
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Seller: Agent Frugal
Rating:  222 reviews
Color: black
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 6 x 0.4
Toslink-6
MPN: VF-TOS-OPT-06-CBLE-2
Model: FOCAB6
UPC: 844632025969
EAN: 0844632025969
ASIN: B0002MQGOK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Optical cable interconnects for A/V equipment with digital input and output jacks. | | • | Using a digital connection prevents interference and improves sound quality. | | • | Toslink style connectors. |
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Product Description
Optical cable interconnects for A/V equipment with digital input and output jacks. Using a digital connection prevents interference and improves sound quality. Toslink style connectors.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 222
 Works Well! July 22, 2010
CriticalThinker
This was my first use of an optical cable. Arrived in working condition with shipping protection tips. The ends snapped in place as designed and this product works well.
Happy July 19, 2010
HoseDog
Bought a plasma last winter, and finally had an opportunity to use this instead of a tangle of cables - it works great, and the price is right!
Good Cable - Good Price July 5, 2010
Garry Giles
Cable looks and works as advertised at a truly unbeatable price and free shipping! Wish I had bought two.
Clean, Clear, digital. June 28, 2010
Jon Shanny (Pittsburgh, PA)
If you have ever heard or used digital audio before, you know the quality of sound that comes out of these devices. If you have a device that supports this cable (not only something like a blu-ray player but a surround sound system also) then it is a no brIner to get one of these cables. I recently had the sad loss of my old optical cable I bought 2 years ago, it was a "top of the line belkin or something that I remember was very expensive, but this cable was about 1/32 of the cost and works just as well ifnot better. That being said, if your devices support HDMI audio in, do not hesitate to use that because I have heard the difference, and although subtle, HDMI sound supports surround sound slighty better, but also it all goes through one cable thus saving you clutter and money. Do yourself a favor and get this cable!
 Could The Mystery Be Solved? June 25, 2010
David (Houston, Texas, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Update 7-9-2010
I thought this was significant enough to justify adding an update at the very top of the review. In my Update of 7-3-2010 I said I had decided to order another Optical Cable from Eforcity just to see what they were sending and see how it compared with the cable I got from SF Planet. That cable came in this morning and I can now see how the varying reviews can be explained, at least in part. The cable from Eforcity appeared identical to the cable reviewed in the video; it was much larger and had the caps for the ends of the cable on a small plastic strap attached to the cable for use when the cable wasn't plugged in. It is also much larger in diameter with larger plug assemblies.
I decided to try and make a comparison test of the two cables and decided to use a sound level meter to see if the smaller diameter cable from SF Planet caused any signal attenuation. To do this I selected a test CD which had a test tone recorded at 1,000 cps at - 0 decibels. I played the signal over my stereo system and adjusted the volume so that the sound level meter, a Radio Shack Model 33-2050, was showing a sound level of 80 decibels.
I left everything exactly the same except I switched over to the Eforcity cable and played the tone again; the meter showed exactly the same sound level, 80 decibels. It would appear there is no attenuation when using the SF Planet cable. I'll admit the cable from Eforcity looks a great deal more impressive, and more like what I expected from the beginning but I cannot detect any audible difference.
They both locked in and made good connections to the equipment, so there's no practical difference there. I will admit that I'm going to leave the Eforcity cable installed and keep the SF Planet cable as a reserve.
Original Review
I received my optical cable from SF Planet and was amazed by how thin it was; this cable was much smaller in diameter than any other optical cable I have ever seen. It looks nothing like the picture and does not conform to the descriptions given in some other reviews. I have to believe I either got an aberrant cable or the product line has been changed across the board.
Having noted that, I have installed the cable and it seems to be working just fine; I have no real problem with the diameter of the cable if it does its job and it does seem to be doing its job, I was simply surprised by its appearance.
If something unusual develops I will update this review; I just thought it important to let the prospective buyer know that a product entirely different in appearance is being shipped now, at least to me.
Update 7-2-2010
After exchanging comments with Dustin, one of the other reviewers, I decided to contact SF Planet. I sent them a photograph of the cable and they replied that was the right one that they were selling.
If you'll check the two customer provided pictures above, where the cable is compared to a pencil, you'll see there is a marked difference in the diameter of the cable. The one with the thinner cable was provided by me and the one with the larger cable was provided by runner4902 who attaches a caption "Some reviewer claimed this wire was "1/10 the thickness" of other toslink cables she has purchased." Although the two customer pictures show a marked difference, it is not as much as 1/10th the thickness.
I have just finished reading almost all of the reviews, including the video, and have come to the conclusion that a wide variety of cables are being shipped to customers. The one on the video review is entirely different from the one I got.
It appears to be almost a case of the luck of the draw. Amazon should probably put a warning that the customer may receive one of a number of different cables types and that the one you receive may not look like the picture shown on the product.
In the future I will probably stick with the Amazon Basics line as everything I've gotten from that line has been excellent!
Update 7-3-2010
I've noticed that Amazon rotates the featured seller periodically; as of this date the featured seller is Eforcity; out of curiosity I've ordered another cable from them and will be very interested to see what they ship. What I suspect is happening is certain sellers are selling much nicer cables than others. It would be interesting to see if those customers that are complaining about the thinness of the cable all got their cable from SF Planet.
I've scanned, read or watched all of the reviews now and have found a wide assortment of responses from the reviewers. The video review shows a very fine cable indeed which is a far cry from the thin cable I received. My cable is working and did lock satisfactorily in place so I'm not experiencing the connection problem that some of the reviewers complained of.
The price is certainly fantastic, although some of the reviewers were so unhappy they felt anything was too much for something that didn't work. My concern is consistency of product for the customers; if there is a great range of quality of the product I would think the buyer should be alerted to the fact the product sold may not look anything like the product advertised.
When the cable comes in from Eforcity I'll update this review to let you know what quality of cable they sent.
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