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Just looking for cheap optical TOSLINK cables because despite being convinced I had about 4 or 5 of them lying around I now seem to have none despite knowing I used to have loads and currently not using any of them...

And I discover on ebay they sell them gold plated!!!!

Lol?

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What would the gold plating do? I suppose it's a trap for idiots. Shiny thing good.

Somewhere else (on Reviewer I think) there was some research proving that the expensive gold plated, shiny must haves are no better than the cheapest bargain bin ones you can find.

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"Somewhere else (on Reviewer I think) there was some research proving that the expensive gold plated, shiny must haves are no better than the cheapest bargain bin ones you can find."
Yep. They transit a signal via electrical conductivity, if it's metal, it'll work. The particular metal used plays no part. The overall lifespan of the leads themselves might increase with a higher grade of metal (inc gold plate), but on a day to day basis there's no difference


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Rob, I was in Tesco tonight and had a wonder over to the cables looking for a toslink. I was after a 3m but they only went as high as 2m so Amazon it is. Anyway the 2m jobs were reduced to £3 and seemed decent quality if your after something quick.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'd already ordered one off ebay and realised I had one in my laptop bag (for my laptop ironically!). :)

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"Somewhere else (on Reviewer I think) there was some research proving that the expensive gold plated, shiny must haves are no better than the cheapest bargain bin ones you can find."
Aye, they just reduce corrosion. Though quite what corrosion on a plastic toslink connector you can reduce beats me.

That's the audio world for you, as the saying goes, if you spend a lot of money on a cable you'll make sure you hear the difference.

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"That's the audio world for you, as the saying goes, if you spend a lot of money on a cable you'll make sure you hear the difference."Years back some Muso or other told me Musicians (particularly classical) were known for having shi**y Hi Fis as they  heard the performance with their brain rather than their ears.

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This item was edited on Sunday, 6th December 2015, 02:51

Gold plating can make a difference regarding oxidisation but makes next to no difference in general.  As for its use in optical cables, it's 100% pointless as there's no electrical signal being transmitted.

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