I'm suggesting that the cheap plastic $30 Toslink cable most people buy can easily be outdone by a digital coax cable. This is especially true as the runs get longer. Toslink cable is susceptible to kinks and other sorts of maladies. Anyone who'd like to make a better coax cable ( as opposed to shelling out big $$ for one) would do well to checkout Allan Wrights SuperCable Cookbook. For very little money you can make a great coax cable. IMHO

Mike