Why gold plated toslink

Joined Jul 10, Messages Likes The gold plating must improve the sound quality by an order of magnitude! Forum Donor. TankTop said:. Click to expand Blumlein 88 Grand Contributor Forum Donor. Joined Feb 23, Messages 12, Likes 19, If it's like the one I have, it's just plastic. I got it so it looks different and I can see which of 4 Toslink cables I'm looking at.

It's the same as the regular cable with a outer cover and the gold cover on the end. Blumlein 88 said:. Sal said:. Just not a good idea. BillG Major Contributor. Cable plugs are typically gold plated to prevent corrosion, and the coating is so thin that it adds little weight I guess the bottom like is that toslink as a home data transmission format is headed for the last roundup.

Just as well since it suffers so many weaknesses both technically and mechanically. Carnajo Member. Joined Jul 4, Messages 28 Likes Messages: 3, Location: Kansas City. Messages: 32, Location: uk.. Messages: 54, Location: Southern NJ. Aluminum and galvanized do actually corrode.

Aluminum makes white powdery aluminum oxide, and galvanized steel forms a layer of zinc oxide on it. That whole aluminum wire thing in houses was a dismal failure specifically because of the aluminum oxide forming in the connections and causing problems.

You know that cable looks pretty good for the price but gold toslinks are some high test B. JarredCrowe , Jan 8, Messages: Location: London, Ontario, Canada. Electone , Jan 8, I just got one of their HDMI cables along with a new laptop to connect to TV and the construction is pretty good on this brand. What is not discussed in link or here, is that Fiber Optics can be Glass or Plastic and that along with how the ends are polished determines the real quality.

We worked with only Glass Fibers at that time and any imperfections in the ends or the polishing could effect the cables. Hyfi , Jan 8, Messages: Location: Chicago Burbs. I purchased these as the KabelDirekt 3' toslinks are on back order.

They are some robust looking cables but have not used them as yet. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.

You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Difference between gold plated Optical cable. Thread starter elrasho Start date Nov 21, Whats the difference in sound quality between Optical cables that have 24k gold plated connections and the ones that don't? Jamie Distinguished Member. None at all. Purely done for cynical marketing reasons.

StevieBuck Well-known Member. I didn't think optical cables had any metal to metal contacts anyway? The gold plating may help to stop any wear as opposed to plastic if you plan on plugging it and out a lot.

Try and get a cable that is well made and provides a snug fit into the Toslink socket. Those adaptors are for converting the standard Toslink to the mini-Toslink.