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PERFORMANCE
Optical

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Light Work. Serious Engineering.


Optical connections are often treated as an afterthought.

The cable clicks into place, the sound comes out the other end, and everyone moves on.
Fair enough.

But if you're sending digital audio between a TV, streamer, CD player or games console, it's still worth getting the fundamentals right. The quality of the fibre, the precision of the connectors and the way the signal travels through the cable all contribute to how accurately the signal reaches its destination.

Performance Optical is designed to remove the guesswork.

Using low-loss optical fibre, precision-polished Toslink connectors and a flexible, durable construction, it's engineered to deliver digital audio cleanly and reliably across modern hi-fi and AV systems.

Whether you're connecting a television to an AV receiver, a streamer to your hi-fi or a CD player to a DAC, Performance Optical gives you the confidence that you've got this connection right.

Because "it's just an optical cable" is usually said about five minutes before someone starts blaming everything else.

FEATURES

The Signal Travels as Light. Physics Still Comes Along for the Ride.

One of the advantages of an optical connection is that it transfers information as pulses of light rather than electrical signals.

That's great news for avoiding electrical interference.

It doesn't mean the cable suddenly becomes irrelevant.

Less Signal Loss. More Signal.

Performance Optical uses a low-loss PMMA optical fibre designed to support the bandwidth required by today's digital audio formats.

The objective isn't complicated.

Get as much of the original signal from one component to the next as accurately as possible.

It's the same principle that underpins every good cable design. Do the least harm possible.

Precision Where You Can't See It

Inside the cable, the optical fibre uses a stepped refractive index design that helps minimise signal dispersion as light travels through the cable.

You don't need to remember that.

What matters is that it helps keep the signal organised on its journey from source to destination, reducing the opportunity for timing errors that can affect digital performance.

Like most good engineering, it's doing its best work where nobody can see it.

Small Details. Big Difference.

The fibre ends are carefully polished before being terminated in precision-engineered Toslink connectors.

It's not the sort of feature that looks impressive on a shop shelf.

It's the sort of feature that makes an engineer nod approvingly and move on to the next problem.

Which is probably a better test.

Built for Real Homes

Hi-fi systems rarely live in laboratory conditions.

They're squeezed into TV units, tucked behind cabinets and routed around furniture by people balancing a torch between their teeth. We've all been there.

That's why Performance Optical uses a flexible TPE outer jacket that helps protect the fibre while making installation refreshingly straightforward.

Key Features

  • Supports digital audio signals up to 24-bit/192kHz
  • Low-loss PMMA optical fibre
  • Stepped refractive index design for improved signal transmission
  • Precision-polished Toslink connectors
  • Flexible and durable TPE outer jacket
  • Designed for reliable, long-term performance
SPECIFICATIONS

Product Features

  • Low-loss PMMA optical fibre
  • Precision-polished Toslink connectors
  • Supports audio signals up to 24-bit/192kHz
  • Reduced-dispersion fibre construction
  • Flexible TPE outer jacket
  • Durable everyday design

Technical Specifications

  • Fibre Material: PMMA
  • Fibre Diameter: 1 × 1.00 mm
  • Cladding Material: Fluorinated Polymer
  • Jacket Outside Diameter: 6 mm
  • Jacket Material: TPE
  • Jacket Finish: Stone Grey
USE IT FOR..

Performance Optical is ideal for connecting:

  • TVs to amplifiers and AV receivers
  • Streamers and network audio players
  • CD players and digital transports
  • Games consoles and media players
  • Soundbars and active speaker systems
  • Any equipment with a Toslink optical connection

Performance sits at the heart of the QED range. Above Connect and below Reference and Signature, it's the cable we'd recommend to most people building a good system and wanting the confidence that every connection is properly taken care of.

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