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optical audio cable

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  • 08-06-2005 3:34pm
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    flywheel
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭


    hi, anyone know if there is a max length of optical cable that can be used with audio equipment? 10m is the longest I've found so far searching about...

    anyone set up a 5 - 10m optical cable for their equipment and got any notes to share?

    will be connecting the optical out of an Apple Airport Express into an Amp, a 5m should do it... with one corner to route around....


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    #2
    Clank
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭Clank


    No problem you can run them 100ft with ease once its a powerful transmission.

    One tip dont buy a plastic sheathed one get a glass sheathed one.


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    flywheel
    Registered Users Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭flywheel


    great, thanks for the advice


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    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    Clank wrote:
    No problem you can run them 100ft with ease once its a powerful transmission.

    One tip dont buy a plastic sheathed one get a glass sheathed one.

    Why?


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    Wolff
    Registered Users Posts: 1,187 ✭✭✭Wolff


    bought a 100 ft one off ebay and worked ok out of the box ran it through the roof down to where the audio is an no joy - snagged somewhere along the way

    Went back to ebay and bought a 50ft one from a company called stsi they have an ebay store and cant recomend them enough - cable worked first time


    Cable was for nothing compared to what you would pay here and was excellent quality - much better than the other one which even though twice as long was much poorer quality


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    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,264 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    What difference does the quality make if its optical. Its a digitial signal...


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