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Hi im looking to connect 2 fiber optic audio leads together something like a 2 female ended connection block if there is such a thing , if so could some one point me in the right direction please or tell me the proper name for said item is.

many thx jay.
 
anybody know why these dont have the required bandwith for uncompressed audio

chances are, if somebody has got a big phat 20mb pipe internet connection or whatever, its fibre

so why are the optical toslink not capable of carying as much as HDMI. how is electricity better than light ? i know im being stupid, but can somebody explain ?
 
MrLOL said:
anybody know why these dont have the required bandwith for uncompressed audio

chances are, if somebody has got a big phat 20mb pipe internet connection or whatever, its fibre

so why are the optical toslink not capable of carying as much as HDMI. how is electricity better than light ? i know im being stupid, but can somebody explain ?
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Well originally, Toshiba invented this optical cable to carry RAW audio from a CD player to an amp. So I guess it can carry uncompressed audio, well stereo at least.

Light is better than electricity for some reasons (ignoring bandwidth) as it's not succeptable to EMI.

HDMI has pretty super bandwidth, I think it's around 10GBit. Perhaps a modern TOSLink-equivilant cable can carry that?

There are also different types of obtical cable with varying amounts of fibre, surface area etc... perhaps this has an effect?

I have probably asked more questions than I have answered but you raise some good points. I do like to use optical interconnects as I feel they are cheaper for better quality over digital Coax interconnects (probably a safe bet to keep this debate out of this thread though!).
 
its already been confirmed you cant do Dolby HD Master Audio (super duper high definition uncompressed stuff) over toslink optical

only connect with the bandwith is HDMI

but how does a copper wire have more bandwith than an optical one ? dont get it.

i mean fibre is used to link up telephone interchanges, not copper cable ..
 
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