Van Den Hul The Optocoupler
High-Quality Optical Digital Cable
Van Den Hul The Optocoupler is an optical digital cable with lens-shaped sound inputs for more precise data transfer. Yes, this sounds quite complicated, but it really isn’t. You are undoubtedly familiar with TosLink, or as it is commonly called, optical digital. It has been around since 1983 and is still just as relevant today. Back then, it was primarily used on CD players, Mini Disc, and DAT devices. Today, it is the standard for transmitting audio between devices such as a PC/Mac and a D/A converter or between a TV — where all manufacturers have adopted the technology — and a surround receiver. “We often hear, ‘Digital signals are just zeros and ones’ and yes, that’s correct, but if those zeros and ones are not transmitted properly or are delayed, you’ll experience what is known as jitter, a type of digital distortion in the time domain between two devices.
With Van Den Hul The Optocoupler, the Dutch company believes they have created the ultimate optical cable, and they’ve managed to do this without attaching an excessively high price tag! The conductor in the cable, like in most other TosLink cables, consists of artificial fiber. The difference between the cheap plastic cables and Van Den Hul The Optocoupler lies in the connectors. Instead of using a standard solution in the connector, the input and output of the cable are designed like a lens, where the amount of light passing through the cable is concentrated into a single beam rather than being 'scattered' inside the fiber. This technology helps focus the signal and reduces reflections in the cable by up to 50%. This means faster data transfer, less jitter, and a more time-accurate connection between two devices.