Toslink optical cables: Audioquest Optilink 3 vs Glass?

Ordered it....

Nice! You won’t be disappointed. And even if you were Toslink build quality doesn’t get any better, like @lanx0003 pointed put the 470 strands vs the next best 300 for DHLabs (whom I recommend for any other cables, especially their Cryo power cables). Lifatec has excellent customer service as well!

Don’t buy into the x number of strands thing. I found the QED Reference optical to be much better sounding than the Lifatec, despite only having half the amount of strands.

Hmmm interesting. Well it's sold through Amazon and has a 30 day return so I could do a comparison...

Thought I'd check back in and I agree with @agisthos on the strand count. I had the Lifatec before I got the DH Labs and to my ears, the DH Labs outperformed the Lifatec for my CDP use even with less glass thread count. 

During my research, I came across a site that broke down the number of strands and how much light/signal they can pass accurately and too many strands weren't any better than lesser count ones and sometimes performed worse. It was very technical but it convinced me.

For TV listening, I ended up using the Lifatec as the Uniqueperformance Toslink from Amazon had that "you're on the set" sound which sounded too sterile. On a home improvement show, it sounded like you were in an open, drywalled room with voices bouncing off the walls in a sterile manner. The Lifatec retained all the detail and air w/out the etch and sterility of the Amazon brand. It's very close to the DH Labs when it comes to TV use but not for CDs.

It all depends on what you're hooking what up to. 

All the best,
Nonoise