I've been looking into getting some Optical/Toslink Cables for a for a video VHS archival project. I want to use an external DAC instead of the one that's built into the VHS player and the only way to keep the data in digital is via Toslink to my DAC/AVR. I get that Jitter is irrelevant generally in modern cables but Toslink is an older technology and apparently far more prone to jitter due to optical data transfer.
I was looking to buy a few to test out. I know some folks here swear by Supra Cables being really solid quality. When looking into them they seem to guarantee 32 bit/384 kHz transfer (which I'm not even sure if Toslink is capable of outputting even that high out of most DACs) and claim to have the same performance as glass optical cables. That being said i've also found some glass cables that are cheaper than the Supra Cables, and beneath that in cost I've found most cables to just us regular plastic fibers for only a few bucks. I've also come across users online that say different cables cap out at different outputs and that bending too hard will induce significant jitter. This is the first time I've ever used optical out on any device to be honest not sure how much of it matters, however I do want to get the best quality out of transmission. Any guidance on this from other Optical output users?
I was looking to buy a few to test out. I know some folks here swear by Supra Cables being really solid quality. When looking into them they seem to guarantee 32 bit/384 kHz transfer (which I'm not even sure if Toslink is capable of outputting even that high out of most DACs) and claim to have the same performance as glass optical cables. That being said i've also found some glass cables that are cheaper than the Supra Cables, and beneath that in cost I've found most cables to just us regular plastic fibers for only a few bucks. I've also come across users online that say different cables cap out at different outputs and that bending too hard will induce significant jitter. This is the first time I've ever used optical out on any device to be honest not sure how much of it matters, however I do want to get the best quality out of transmission. Any guidance on this from other Optical output users?