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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:02:48 +0000 (UTC)
(Stewart Pinkerton) wrote:

Don't worry about it, Molton thinks that TOSlinks are made of glass -
they're not.

Excuse me?

I never claimed to know what they are made of. I *assumed* glass but Im
happy to think there are plenty of plastics that can do the job. Heck,
my glasses have plastic lenses.

no matter *what* as long as the material is transparent enough it'll
work just as well as any other material.

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:22:17 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

no matter *what* as long as the material is transparent enough it'll
work just as well as any other material.

Wouldn't refraction index come into it?

Googling "fibre cable refraction index" came up with:
http://www.datacottage.com/nch/fibre.htm
(and much more). Interesting. Though I suppose it's dangerous to
introduce real science into an audiophile topic ;-)

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 16:58:28 +0000
Laurence Payne wrote:

no matter *what* as long as the material is transparent enough it'll
work just as well as any other material.

Wouldn't refraction index come into it?

Well yes, although I was assuming any cable that one could actually
*use* would have a suitable one ;-)

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On Sun, 18 Jan 2004 19:37:12 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

no matter *what* as long as the material is transparent enough it'll
work just as well as any other material.

Wouldn't refraction index come into it?

Well yes, although I was assuming any cable that one could actually
*use* would have a suitable one ;-)


You may have assumed it, but you said something rather different :-)

Unless anything "transparent enough" WOULD have sufficient refractive
index? Maybe it would.

Did you read the link I posted? It refers to cables consisting of a
core with one index, coated with a layer with a different one.

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:14:54 +0000
Laurence Payne wrote:

Unless anything "transparent enough" WOULD have sufficient refractive
index? Maybe it would.

Did you read the link I posted? It refers to cables consisting of a
core with one index, coated with a layer with a different one.

If I remember my GCSE physics correctly you get internal reflection when the refraction index of the inner material differs by enough from the outer matrial.

I must try the strimmer cable one though, sounds like fun ;-)

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 08:18:39 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

If I remember my GCSE physics correctly you get internal reflection when the refraction index of the inner material differs by enough from the outer matrial.

True. Did you follow my link? Professional users of fibre optics
find it advantageous to use a core of one index, a coating of another.

That fact comprehensively trumps any opinions you or I may hold ;-)

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:02:24 +0000
Laurence Payne wrote:

If I remember my GCSE physics correctly you get internal reflection when the refraction index of the inner material differs by enough from the outer matrial.

True. Did you follow my link? Professional users of fibre optics
find it advantageous to use a core of one index, a coating of another.

That fact comprehensively trumps any opinions you or I may hold ;-)

heh. I suspect, however, for toslink, you could probably use some thin copper pipe with air inside it for short links ;-)

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 19:21:11 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:


heh. I suspect, however, for toslink, you could probably use some thin copper pipe with air inside it for short links ;-)

Or not worry about the pipe, if you lined the ports up well :-)

Of course, if you used a pipe, it could be special oxygen-free air!
(Only £200 a tin, call for details)

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 20:57:04 +0000
Laurence Payne wrote:

heh. I suspect, however, for toslink, you could probably use some
thin copper pipe with air inside it for short links ;-)

Or not worry about the pipe, if you lined the ports up well :-)

Of course, if you used a pipe, it could be special oxygen-free air!
(Only £200 a tin, call for details)

requires a seal greased with ophidious grease on each end to keep the
anti-oxygen particles in ;-)

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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 21:14:06 +0000, Ian Molton wrote:

Of course, if you used a pipe, it could be special oxygen-free air!
(Only £200 a tin, call for details)

requires a seal greased with ophidious grease on each end to keep the
anti-oxygen particles in ;-)

You took the words out of my very mouth :-)
Shall we say £450 the pair? No, let's make it £500. It'll sound
even better then. If you want the version even your wife can hear,
it's a round £1000. Plus VAT.