If something has a bad reputation in the audiophile community it is Toslink.
It sucks.
It has like all optical connections one big advantage, a complete galvanic separation between the boxes.
The downside is that it is higher on jitter than an electrical (coax) connection.
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity compared the coax and the Toslink out of an OPPO BDP-83SE.
Coaxial
Optical (Toslink)
The Coax is about 7 times better than the Toslink in jitter performance.
But the values are very low, makes one wonder if the difference will be audible.
Anyway it shows you what a modern $1000,- Blu-ray player can do as far as jitter performance is concerned.
It sucks.
It has like all optical connections one big advantage, a complete galvanic separation between the boxes.
The downside is that it is higher on jitter than an electrical (coax) connection.
Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity compared the coax and the Toslink out of an OPPO BDP-83SE.
Coaxial
Optical (Toslink)
The Coax is about 7 times better than the Toslink in jitter performance.
But the values are very low, makes one wonder if the difference will be audible.
Anyway it shows you what a modern $1000,- Blu-ray player can do as far as jitter performance is concerned.
