Phil Leigh;170974 Wrote: 
> I'm getting a bit repetitive, but spdif vs toslink is system dependant
> and both can  sound good or bad - depends on system. There is so much
> twaddle talked about toslink, nobody ever stops to ponder the fact that
> the entire Internet is powered by fibre and bit errors would be pretty
> obvious...
> 
> Forget prejudice and try a reasonably priced ($50?) optical and coax
> cable then go with whichever sounds best to you in your system.

Nice reply ;-) I will take your advice

Regarding Fibre and the internet - the reason it "appears" to be
flawless is a thing called TCP, checksums etc (I.E error correction)
not a good comparison.

If you interested here a simple guide:
http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_TCPChecksumCalculationandtheTCPPseudoHeader.htm


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