Toslink / Optical Fiber Cable 2m

The toslink is with sleeves that are placed in front of the light guide head, delivered.

It should be remember that before the cable is used, this shall be deducted, as it can otherwise lead to a defect of the light guide / Toslinkeingang / female of the medium (DVD player, stereo system, etc.), if for example, one of these sleeves stuck in front of the iris of the light transmitter.

The inevitable "rigidity" which is described here in some reviews / criticized, comes from the fiber optic technology in itself and has nothing to do with a possible shortage of the supplied cable.
Fiberglass cables / optical fiber must now once a certain thickness, and stability to have any possible damage by eg suffering kinking.
After all, you have a light pipe bends so intentionally, the light signals no longer properly passed through the cable and therefore it can cause immense problems, in the worst case, to complete failure of the signal transmission.

Only the Kunststoffummantlung the cable has come relatively thin, which has the effect of "rigidity" only exacerbated because a thicker Ummantlung would stretch the cable automatically apart.

I use the toslink to my PC from internal audio solution (ASUS P8Z68 motherboard-PRO) to a 2.1 Subwoofer / Soundbar.
The cable transmits verifiable: DTS, Dolby Digital, Stereo in very good quality. (Up to 192 kHz, depending on the starting material)

Conclusion:
The cable has a thin Ummantlung is delivered with protective caps and performs its intended function, namely neat to transmit audio signal, wonderful and without any problems. For me every reason enough to recommend this toslink further.