This is one of the few Optical cables that are available in glass fiber configuration. These offer higher bandwidth and cleaner signal transfer versus traditional plastic fiber cables. In particular, the jitter levels on the glass optical cables is minimized which will improve the overall sound quality.

If you are looking to improve the sound between your TV and soundbar or the transfer into your DAC these are well worth the upgrade.

***Note we are carrying these in the most common 1M length but we can special order you a 06M, 2M or 3M length as required.

QED Reference Glass Optical Features/Specifications:

• GLASSCORE™: Each fibre is thinner than a human hair. 210 fibres of 50um each are required to make up the 1 mm diameter necessary to conform to the Toslink standard connectors.

• Over 150MHz BANDWIDTH: This vastly exceeds the demands for high definition multi-channel HD digital audio. In contrast to conventional acrylic glass optical cables quartz glass cables can deliver signals up to and including 24bit/192kHz with very low jitter . Reference Optical Quartz can provide a much higher bandwidth than a single acrylic glass fibre with 1/10th of the attenuation.

• ULTRA LOW JITTER / ULTRA LOW LOSS: QED have calculated that jitter (distortions caused by timing differences between the different light paths) in conventional optical cables could typically reach up to 145ps. In Reference Optical Quartz, timing errors are virtually eliminated, introducing less distortion, jitter and ultra low loss < 0.03 dB/m.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• Unique boro-silicate glass construction

• Highly flexible 210 x 50 micron optical fibre bundle

• Bandwidth >150MHz

• Ultra low jitter

• Stepped refractive index: Ultra low loss < 0.03 dB/m

• 24 & 32 bit high resolution audio compatible.