Fiber Optical Toslink Digital Audio Optic Interface 6 Foot Cable
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Customer Review: It's little flimsy, but works like my previous $50+ optic cables
Summary: 4 Stars
I had to replace one of my optic cables that was 3 feet long because I was moving around my home threater setup. I believe I paid around $20~$30 for @ bestbuy for mere 3 feet. Going back to major retailers, these suckers run $50 and up. I didn't want to forcefully pay $50 to replace my working 3ft cable.
Even with shipping it was around $5. Obviously, no retail stores can beat that price for what it offers. I was little surprised to see how skinny the cable was compared to my other ones. It's literally feels like a straw you get with a hot cup of coffee. I'm guessing the price cut comes from getting rid of protective cover of the cable.
It sure feels unsafe. However, it WORKS just like other ones. Unless you have ears like a dog and ultra-high end sound system, I don't think this will be a problem. If you had the money to burn, you would be looking at Monster cables instead of cheapy ones like this. I'm guessing as long as your children or pet are not around the cable, it should be fine.
Customer Review: Get what you pay for...
Summary: 1 Stars
This was a very cheap optical cable. I have purchase other inexpensive optical cables before and they work fine. This one is just cheap. The connectors are just a bit to small, so instead of snapping into the receptacle they just fall out. I was able to wrap the end with some plumbers thread tape to get it to stay put. This cable will be replaced as soon as possible. Customer Review: loss of signal, even though it isn't stated
Summary: 1 Stars
There is no mention of this product causing loss of signal strength - but it does. I tried using the OPTICAL SPLITTER and it didn't work.
When i connected my xbox and computer to my receiver, i got a faint red light coming through. The sound of Halo would cut out every couple of seconds and the computer didn't come through at all. When i bought better 20 dollar cables at target, the sound came through perfectly.
You can buy the cheap cables, but i will suggest Radio Shack Fiber Optic Signal Amplifier (15-1588) Toslink connectors. It worked perfectly for me.
With the crappy cables, it didn't matter which way i ran it - 2to1 or 1to2, i still had the same problem.
and if you want a RMA refund, they will only give you the product price, not the 4.99 shipping cost - so basically if they don't work, it's not worth returning.
Customer Review: flimsy but works
Summary: 2 Stars
So, these were on sale for $2 and for that price, they are reasonable buys. However, these wires are extremely thin and can be brittle so I wonder how well they insulate lights (i.e. the optic signals). They worked in my set up but I just can't bring myself to liking these rather flimsy wires.Customer Review: Not the one in the picture
Summary: 1 Stars
OK, First of all I have to say that even though many people say that it does the job (which it does) it is extremely unacceptable to put a picture of a product and to sell another. That being said, I agree that the product did the job, but I had to do some work on one of the sides of the cable because it does not have the correct adapter.
Imagine that you get your product, you connect to your Playstation 3 or DVD Player or whatever. You see that it fits, it works, but then you see the other side of the cable and it is different, when you try to connect that to your home theater you realize it will never "click" so you need to put some silly putty or invisible tape to keep the cable in its place!! do you think that is acceptable? I think it is definitely not!
I know the product is cheap and I shouldn't expect a lot from it, but the least I expect is that the product I see in the picture is the same product I get by mail.