Cable Asylum: REVIEW: Sound Professionals Glass Toslink Cable by Jasper T

Model:	Glass Toslink
Category:	Cable
Suggested Retail Price:	$59.00 1.5m
Description:	Digital Optical Cable
Manufacturer URL:	Sound Professionals
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Review by Jasper T ( A ) on September 12, 2003 at 18:49:26
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I bought a Bel Canto DAC 2 recently and the dealer was raving about this Glass Toslink to go with itso i loaned the cable for a week and found it to be a significant step forward to my Supra Trico Coaxial cable in terms of soundstage depth and most of all clarity(unveiled) and smoothness.
Because it's an unknown quantity in Australia, the dealer was trying to flog it off to me as something exotic for US$270 and without Google and Audio Asylum,i would have paid that money for it.Luckily, i found out its true value and returned it and bought myself one for US$29 from Ebay.
The few days i was without the cable,i found it hard to go back to my Supra Trico which i found to be a bit thin and veiled after the comparison. When i received my Ebay sourced cable, my initial impression was again confirmed over the last few days. I also tried a Taralab Prism 300d Coaxial this week and found it a little better than the Supra but still lags behind the Glass.
This one is a sleeper, a real bargain in my book.

Product Weakness: None, errr a bit fragile perhaps.
Product Strengths: off the chart value for money in my system, soundstage and smooth without loss of details.

Associated Equipment for this Review:
Amplifier:	Musical Fidelity A300
Preamplifier (or None if Integrated):	None
Sources (CDP/Turntable):	Marantz CD67SE, Denon DVD2900
Speakers:	Dynaudio Audience 52
Cables/Interconnects:	Kimber KCAG,Silver Streak, 4TC for speakers
Music Used (Genre/Selections):	Classical-baroque, Folk, Alt Rock
Room Size (LxWxH):	7m x 4.5m x 3m
Room Comments/Treatments:	Foam panel behind speaker
Time Period/Length of Audition:	2 weeks
Type of Audition/Review:	Product Owner

Product Weakness:	None, errr a bit fragile perhaps.
Product Strengths:	off the chart value for money in my system, soundstage and smooth without loss of details.