REQ: Optical Cable

Basq · 26-03-2007 1:25pm #1

Anyone know of any Irish online stores (that preferably accept Laser) which sell optical cable? Need a good metre or 2 of it.

No shops around Sligo seem to be selling it.. useless town!

Or if anyone's selling?

godtabh · 26-03-2007 2:48pm

basquille wrote:

Anyone know of any Irish online stores (that preferably accept Laser) which sell optical cable? Need a good metre or 2 of it.

No shops around Sligo seem to be selling it.. useless town!

Or if anyone's selling?

You should be able to get on in most eltrical shops. Game even stock them.

Or are they too far away from you?

!'m getting a couple in game for €15 a go. Dont know the lenght.

Basq · 26-03-2007 3:13pm

Might try GameStop but don't think they have them. Tried a couple of AV and electrical stores around town but most of them hadn't a notion of what i was talking about! :rolleyes:

godtabh · 26-03-2007 3:21pm

basquille wrote:

Might try GameStop but don't think they have them. Tried a couple of AV and electrical stores around town but most of them hadn't a notion of what i was talking about! :rolleyes:

What are you looking to hook up?

Any AV person who doesnt know what an optical cable is should be shoot.

Basq · 26-03-2007 3:24pm

kearnsr wrote:

What are you looking to hook up?

Creative DDTS-100 decoder to a XBOX Advanced Scart Cable.

Have it hooked up already but due to the very short length of cable i have, i need to pull the XBOX outta the cabinet every time i wanna play a DVD.

kearnsr wrote:

Any AV person who doesnt know what an optical cable is should be shoot.

Agreed.. but i have witnessed it!

godtabh · 26-03-2007 4:08pm

basquille wrote:

Creative DDTS-100 decoder to a XBOX Advanced Scart Cable.

Have it hooked up already but due to the very short length of cable i have, i need to pull the XBOX outta the cabinet every time i wanna play a DVD.

Agreed.. but i have witnessed it!

Does either take coaxial? I think that might be easier to get

May also be cheaper

Basq · 26-03-2007 4:24pm

kearnsr wrote:

Does either take coaxial? I think that might be easier to get

May also be cheaper

Nope, the scart-cable i have only accepts optical.

And besides, the single coaxial port i have on my decoder is in use by my Argosys hard-drive. Have 3 optical inputs though.

MisterAnarchy · 26-03-2007 4:33pm

I bought a 1.5m Toslink cable on ebay yesterday for 6 euro delivered.
There are lots there.

godtabh · 26-03-2007 4:36pm

basquille wrote:

Nope, the scart-cable i have only accepts optical.

And besides, the single coaxial port i have on my decoder is in use by my Argosys hard-drive. Have 3 optical inputs though.

Do you get digital sound out of the argosy? Dont think my dvix stuff has surround sound!

Have you tried richersounds?

I had a thread in HE about this and there was a few links in there but for the life of me I cant find it now

Basq · 26-03-2007 5:00pm

MisterAnarchy wrote:

I bought a 1.5m Toslink cable on ebay yesterday for 6 euro delivered.
There are lots there.

kearnsr wrote:

Have you tried richersounds?

Neither accept Laser though.

kearnsr wrote:

Do you get digital sound out of the argosy? Dont think my dvix stuff has surround sound!

Yeah.. DivX files typically just have MP3 audio but sound very good all the same.

But i ripped my copy of Sin City to it - sounded amazing! In the final scenes, i could hear the creaking of wooden floors as clear as day through the speakers (wasn't DTS sound but pretty sure it was DD5.1).

godtabh · 26-03-2007 6:32pm

basquille wrote:

Neither accept Laser though.

Forgot about that. How about by a V3 card with your laser card? Probably a pain in the hole though.

godtabh · 26-03-2007 6:36pm

Have you tried Radionics

Cant see any payment methods on the site

Basq · 26-03-2007 6:37pm

kearnsr wrote:

Forgot about that. How about by a V3 card with your laser card? Probably a pain in the hole though.

Yeah, will probably have a look around EBay and decide on something there as they're very pricey on RicherSounds. Been looking into getting the AIB Visa Card so this may be the perfect opportunity.

kearnsr wrote:

Have you tried Radionics

Cant see any payment methods on the site

Registered with Radionics - they only accept American Express, Visa, Mastercard. Probably EBay is the way to go.

Cheers for the help again kearnsr. Much appreciated

godtabh · 26-03-2007 6:44pm

basquille wrote:

Yeah, will probably have a look around EBay and decide on something there as they're very pricey on RicherSounds. Been looking into getting the AIB Visa Card so this may be the perfect opportunity.

Registered with Radionics - they only accept American Express, Visa, Mastercard. Probably EBay is the way to go.

Cheers for the help again kearnsr. Much appreciated

Jaysus with out a credit card your ****ed these days.

I think Power City take order the phones and they might take a laser over the phone but you may pay normal prices

dingding · 27-03-2007 3:42pm

How about Maplin, might be able to get it mail order, or from the Dublin store.

www.maplin.co.uk

rgfuller · 27-03-2007 4:23pm

You could also try B&Q! if there is one local, they stock 1.5m and 2.5m optical cables in the electronics dept - I think around €10 for 1.5m and €20 for the 2.5m or something like that, I bought a 1.5m cable for my NTL to Sony Amp and works perfectly - it's no-name packaging (B&Q's own brand I presume). In fact the cable comes with a nice holder attached for the optical plugs you've pulled out of the devices in case you ever want to stop using it.

slave1 · 27-03-2007 4:49pm

I've used these guys a couple of times, good prices and quick shipping, no issues

http://cgi.ebay.ie/Pure-Optical-TOS-Link-Cable-HQ-TOSLink-Lead-2m_W0QQitemZ170092797093QQcategoryZ116850QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD4VQQcmdZViewItem

Kintarō Hattori · 27-03-2007 5:46pm

Peat's sell optical cables and accept laser cards.

quazzy · 27-03-2007 8:27pm

Hey Basquille,

Check out this guy

http://www.soundsolutionshifi.com/index.php

and his ebay site is

[edit] Link updated [/edit]
http://stores.ebay.ie/Sound-Solutions-HiFi_W0QQssPageNameZstrkQ3amefsQ3amesstQQtZkm

Place is in Wexford and they take Laser.

I have ordered off their eBay site before and the seller is great.

Regards,

Q

godtabh · 27-03-2007 8:31pm

quazzy wrote:

http://stores.ebay.ie/Hi-Fi-Cable-He...Q3amesstQQtZkm

Link doesnt work.

His other shop seems expensive as well

quazzy · 27-03-2007 8:36pm

kearnsr wrote:

Link doesnt work.

His other shop seems expensive as well

Link above is updated now.

I know the guy isn't exactly the cheapest but he does takes Laser and thats what Bas was looking for (I think)

Happy Hunting Bas

Basq · 27-03-2007 8:49pm

Cheers for that Q. Think i might just order one off one of the cheaper sellers on EBay though. €45 is a bit more than i was willing to spend to be honest.

Thanks for it anyways.

mcaul · 28-03-2007 11:21am

Surely PC World would have it

PC World Sligo

Unit 8, Dublin Road Retail Park, Sligo

Basq · 28-03-2007 12:55pm

mcaul wrote:

Surely PC World would have it

PC World Sligo

Unit 8, Dublin Road Retail Park, Sligo

Possibly.. might try Curry's, Homebase and PC World at the weekend (all in the same.

The retail park is a bit further out than i'd like to walk... may bum a lift if there's one going!

godtabh · 28-03-2007 1:02pm

basquille wrote:

Possibly.. might try Curry's, Homebase and PC World at the weekend (all in the same.

The retail park is a bit further out than i'd like to walk... may bum a lift if there's one going!

Dixson and Currys have them. Didnt know you had one close. The walk will do you good.

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