Comment on "i can hear the difference"

• floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Regular toslink is just plastic

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  • greedytacothief@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s what I was thinking, it’s not even a glass fiber-optic. Works fine for audio though and lasers are cool, so it all balances out

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    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨54⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Toslink is not a laser just a red LED.

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• marcos@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If you wanted to make a high quality plug, you’d use a stainless steel guide. It has to be steel because it’s elastically deformed during insertion, and any plating will be scratched with enough use.

  Most plugs don’t work that way, but this one model does.

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