Monster Cable ILS100-4M Interlink LightSpeed 100 High Performance Digital Fiber-Optic Cable (4 m., Toslink-to-Toslink)

Monster's Interlink high-performance audio interconnects deliver audiophile-quality sound for all home theatre and music systems. Interlink cables deliver deep, tight bass, greater clarity and smooth extended range.Interlink LightSpeed 100 fiber optic cable provides the most accurate digital transfer. It features polished fiber termination to reduce digital jitter, and tuned spectral attenuation for low loss and accurate signal transfer. High velocity of propagation reduces time smear. Flexible protective jacket prevents fiber damage. Interlink LightSpeed 100 delivers clean, clear sound with enhanced transparency, excellent coherency, and low distortion. It is designed for Toslink fiber optic digital links between CD, DVD, MiniDisc, DAT and new digital preamplifiers and digital processors. This cable permits distortion-free recordings of digital sources through fiber optic connections.

This cable is worth every penny. The connector is beautiful. The "M" in Monster is wonderfully printed and the finger grips feel like work of art. Other than the connector, I don't have much to say about this cable compared to other Toslink cables. The innards are really all the same. I can say that there is a marked improvement over the extended coathanger I had been using previously to connect my receiver to my audio equipment.

Be careful, ladies and gentlemen, this is not...I repeat NOT a toslink to mini-toslink cable, as the picture would lead you to believe. The ILS1002M cable is regular toslink on both ends. The description is correct, however, the picture is wrong.

I guess An Electronics Fan never tried the GE (Jasco) Ultra Prograde Digital Optical Cable AV22684. This cheapest optical I could find cost me wasted time and money. The Monster Digital Interlink LightSpeed 100 Cable solved the problem. The Monster Cable transmitted several times greater intensity light than the limp, weak, cheap GE cable.

Yeah, I don't get this obsession with Monster brand cable either. When I got my 5.1 set-up, I thought the only way to get 5.1 sound was to use an optical wire anyway. Well, on my system it was, as it had no RCA jacks for all those discrete channels. All it has is one optical jack and one set of L/R RCA jacks for a stereo VCR source. So all I did was go to Wal Mart or Radio Shack (can't remember which) and bought the only optical cable they had for like 20 bucks. Works just fine. My problem if anything is my receiver. But I think I'll be upgrading sometime later this year.

Alot of people say that Monster Cable is overrated. True, they are expensive. I use Monster Cable accessories because I know what kind of improvements to expect from them. Often times, the people here who have issues with Monster Cable, or any sort of a/v cable for that matter, often times do not have high performance a/v equipment. While I'm far from one of those theaterphiles who get paid to test new equipment in specific soundrooms, I do know enough to be able to distinguish what I (emphasis on I) sounds/looks better for my specific needs. Bottom line, Monster cables are a step up from the cables you'll receive with your equipment and will be more distinguishable if you have the right components. I use these digital cables because I have surround sound speakers and a Samsung receiver. If you're someone who does not have or plan on using surround sound, then you probably don't want to shell out money for this digital cable.