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AudioQuest Cinnamon Series Toslink Fibre Optical Cable

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AudioQuest Cinnamon Series Toslink Fibre Optical CableThe audio frontier is all abuzz these days with the pleasure possible though HDMI, USB, FireWire and Ethernet connections. However, these current generation digital technologies are only part of the story, just as the challenge of designing, manufacturing and choosing the best analog interconnects and speaker cables is as important as ever. The S P DIF (Sony Philips Digital InterFace), which arrived in 1983 along with the CD, is still very much a part

The audio frontier is all abuzz these days with the pleasure possible though HDMI, USB, FireWire® and Ethernet connections. However, these current generation digital technologies are only part of the story, just as the challenge of designing, manufacturing and choosing the best analog interconnects and speaker cables is as important as ever. The S/P-DIF (Sony® Philips Digital InterFace), which arrived in 1983 along with the CD, is still very much a part of our world today. S/P-DIF is transmitted through Digital Coax and Toslink fiber optics (EIA-J), making them still some of the most important cables in electronic entertainment.

While, thanks to HDMI, Toslink is not so often used to connect a DVD player to an A/V receiver, Toslink connectors are common on cable-boxes, TV sets, subwoofers, all sorts of products. And now, the 3.5mm Mini Optical connector, also somewhat incorrectly known as Mini-Toslink, is everywhere … from the 3.5mm dual-purpose headphone jack on a Mac laptop, to inputs on some of the finest portables.

For these many reasons, AudioQuest has refined and renewed our line of serious high performance OptiLink cables. All models and all lengths are now available Toslink to Toslink and Toslink to 3.5mm Mini Optical.

When the question is “how can a fiber-optic cable change the sound?” … the answer is easier to explain than for almost any other type of cable. If the light source were a coherent laser, firing into a vacuum, all the light would stay straight, arriving at its destination at the same time. Even if the LED light source in a Toslink system were coherent, the light entering a fiber-optic cable is scattered and dispersed by imperfections and impurities in the fiber. This can be measured as a loss of amplitude … but amplitude is not the problem, a 50% true loss would have no effect on sound quality.

The problem is that the dispersed light does get through the cable, but only after it has taken a longer path, like a pool ball bouncing off the side-rails, causing it to arrive later. This delayed part of the signal prevents the computer charged with decoding this information from being able to decode properly, or even at all. The inability to decode shows first at higher frequencies (not audio frequencies, this is a mono stream of digital audio information), so reduced bandwidth is a measurable signature of light being dispersed by a fiber. The punch line: The less dispersion in the fiber, the less distortion in the final analog audio signal presented to our ears.

There is another serious dispersal mechanism in the Toslink system. The fiber is a relatively huge 1.0mm in diameter, and the LED light source is also relatively large, spraying light into the fiber at many different angles. Even if the fiber were absolutely perfect, the signal would be spread across time because light rays entering at different angles take different length paths and arrives with different amounts of delay.

The almost complete solution to this problem is to use hundreds of much smaller fibers in a 1.0mm bundle. Because each fiber is limited as to what angle of input can enter the fiber, there is far less variety, and far less dispersion over time. This narrow-aperture effect is similar to how a pin-hole camera can take a picture without a lens … by letting in light at only a very limited range of angles, a picture can be taken, whereas removing the lens from a wider aperture would make photography impossible. Less light gets through a multi-fiber cable, but the light that does get into the fibers comes out within in a much smaller time-envelope.

So there is one problem, the dispersion of light across time … and two avenues towards a better result: less dispersion in the fiber (better polymers and ultimately quartz), and less dispersion by filtering the input angle. How simple is that! Listen and enjoy.

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★★★★★ 4
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This is my second purchase of the Burst water flosser. The first stopped working after one year. Im just hoping this one lasts longer!!! In the interim I did buy a Waterpik based on the brand being around for so long. Side by side comparison, the Burst has more burst than the Waterpik. Im going to keep this one even though the price has doubled since my original purchase. Rated 4/5 because the first purchase only lasted one year and because of the increase in price.
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★★★★★ 1
Received Burst Water Flosser, that never worked. Found out too late.
Color: Rose Gold
Ordered this item on recommendation of my dental hygenist, then needed a tooth pulled and was starting the dental implant process so was told I couldn't use it for awhile. The process took another 1 & 1/2 years. After the final crown I was told to use a waterpik. I went to use this, was unable to charge it, may have been missing a part, tried a matching plug. It wouldn't charge or turn on. Too late to return, so I'm out a good chunk of money in exchange for junk, something that never worked. I wonder if someone had returned a defective one as it had a dark finger smudge where it turns on, which I couldn't wash off. The tips were in a new package. Very disappointed.
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Licha
Cuba, US
★★★★★ 5
Perfect in every way!
Color: Rose Gold
This flosser is perfection. It starts with the packaging and presentation. The flosser itself is beautiful (I got the rose gold), a nice sleek design that looks great on the bathroom counter. It is well constructed; I have tried the cheaper versions of these flossers and they all have a hose that hangs in the water reservoir that eventually gets clogged and stops working. Save your money and go for this one. Another great feature is how LONG it holds the charge. I am one month in and it is still operating on the initial charge at full strength. This makes it ideal for travel, along with the adorable travel bag included in the package. I also appreciate not having the wires cluttering up my counter space, which was the case with the cheaper models that have to be charged after each use. So far the company has been great to deal with - it comes with a 1 year warranty, which is easy to sign up for on their website. After the one year, you can subscribe to automatic tip replacements (each 6 months) and that will extend the warranty.
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MommaTita
Battle Creek, US
★★★★★ 5
Be sure to still floss
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This is a great product. However, make sure you still floss. I used the water flosser only between my dental cleanings and I ended up with a lot of tarter that had to be scraped off. I was told that I should continue using string floss as plaque is sticky and a water flosser can leave some behind. The hygienist compared it to expecting rain clean your car well. I still give it 5 stars as it remove particles from between my teeth that floss leaves behind. Also, my teeth were nearly perfectly clean during my last visit to the dentist. There was virtually no tarter as I followed her recommendation to both string and water floss.
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They leak and the don’t last, but they’re sleek.
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I love the shape of this flosser, that aspect is perfect. That’s the reason I’ve bought (3) over the years. But unfortunately, I’m done. Looking for a new gig. Every single one has leaked water. I just dealt with it. But the year and a half life they last is the deal breaker. Buy the insurance. You will use it. They simply do not last forever.
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