Fiber Optic cables for Optical Audio?

[aircooled]

can standard fiber optic networking cable be used as optical audio cables with some type of adapter?

 

[MysticLlama]

Hmm, now that I hadn't thought of... and I'm in need of a pretty long run, and good audio cable will surely be $$$.

Hopefully someone links something, I'd like to know too. 🙂

 

[randomlinh]

good audio cable, network fiber... it's going to be $$$ no matter what.

 

[MysticLlama]

Not if I have lots of excess fiber laying around the office. 😀

 

[aircooled]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
good audio cable, network fiber... it's going to be $$$ no matter what.

I already have the network cable.

 

[trmiv]

You can get 3, 6, 12, 25 and 50ft Toslink cables at monoprice.com for probably cheaper than whatever adapter it is you would need (provided they even make said adapter).

 

[MysticLlama]

Wow, some good prices there, so much for me ever going to the store for a cable like that again. 🙂

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: MysticLlama
Wow, some good prices there, so much for me ever going to the store for a cable like that again. 🙂

Yea, and the audio geeks at the AVS forums swear by that place, so it's good enough for me! I ordered a DVI to HDMI cable, 12 foot Toslink and a 6 foot Coaxial digital for $23.02 with shipping. Beat that Circuit City!! And they are very nice cables too.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: aircooled

Originally posted by: randomlinh
good audio cable, network fiber... it's going to be $$$ no matter what.

I already have the network cable.

sorry, my comment was geared towards MysticLlama.

but yeah, that place has some good pricing... and if the pictures are right on the cat5 cables... those are the ones i like (almost... amazingly, the belkin ones i like best.. not a real boot that is annoying)

 

[drinkmorejava]

you could always just cut it and put new ends on