Impact Acoustics Velocity TOSLINK / S-Video Product Review

[gene]

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/productreviews/avhardware/impactacousticsvelocity.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 125px" alt=[impact2] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/impact2_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>The folks at <A href="http://banners.audioholics.com/phpAdsNew/adclick.php?log=no&amp;bannerid=108&amp;zoneid=&amp;source=&amp;dest=http%3A//www.impactacoustics.com/index_AH.asp"><FONT color=#003399>Impact Acoustics</FONT></A> must believe that too much is barely enough.&nbsp; In addition to offering an affordable quality TOSLINK interconnect, they throw in a great S-Video cable to sweeten the deal.&nbsp; This bundled cable solution seems ideal for the <A href="http://www.impactacoustics.com/product_list.asp?cat_id=3003"><FONT color=#003399>gamer</FONT></A> who wishes to connect their PS-2, X-Box or equivalent to their home theater systems. Indeed it was initially designed as an interconnect solution specifically for gaming systems.&nbsp; Considering that Audioholics readers receive a <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">20% discount </SPAN></STRONG>on all <A href="http://banners.audioholics.com/phpAdsNew/adclick.php?log=no&amp;bannerid=108&amp;zoneid=&amp;source=&amp;dest=http%3A//www.impactacoustics.com/index_AH.asp"><FONT color=#003399>Impact Acoustics</FONT></A> products, this already value-priced product becomes an insane bargain for $19.99.&nbsp;<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o /><o></o></SPAN></P>
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[PaulF]

Gene,

I'm glad you continue to review real world products.

I just became a DirecTV customer and received an R10 dual tuner DVR as part of the package. The DVR comes with a low cost S-Video cable and equally low cost stereo audio cable.

I want to connect the video with a better quality S-video cable and use the toslink output from the DVR to connect the audio to my receiver.

After looking through our local B&M stores I found the cheapest options were the combo S-Video/Toslink packages as you reviewed. One package from Monster cost $75 (SV2FO2M ) for a 2M set, the other from Acoustic Research cost $38 (AP067) for a 6ft set.

Given the DVR has a $99 retail value it did not seem appropriate to spend much on cables. I chose the ARs as they were better priced and looked to be made and shielded just as well as the Monster set. However after serching the Internet it appears these same cables can be had for nearly half the price, even including shipping. So now I am considering the Velocity set from Impact Acoustics after your favorable review.

I know it would be impossible for you to rate every cable on the market vs. another, however I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how Impact Acoustics compares to Acoustic Reaserch in as a brand in general.

Thanks

 

[gene]

Paul;

I have only a few cables from Acoustics research.
1) Not so well designed speaker cables with conductor spacing too far out
2) Video cables with RFI clamps on them - very pretty, but kinda dumb to add that on a cable, especially a video cable since it will increase inductance and can affect high frequency performance.

The Impact Acoustics stuff is solid stuff. Thus far, they are my favorite toslink cables and the Svideo is as good as the major bands that I have seen, only much cheaper.

Hope this helps. Also, don't forget you get a 20% discount as an audioholics reader on all their products and even up to 33% on some of their toslink stuff!

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