I recommend spending $5 or less and using the remaining $95 on analog cables where an improvement might actually be made. Five or six new DVD's would also be a good investment. Under the best of conditions, there is still no difference in performance with the exception that the fiber allows for no possible means of potential ground loops (if even possible in the data path) and shielding is not an issue. Fiber is the digital interconnect of the future. The evolution of audio electronics has migrated from predominately coax to predominately optical. My new Denon AVR-3300 has three optical inputs to one coax.

The fact that so many of the major quality cable manufacturers are lieing to the general public on this issue raises serious questions regarding thier credibility with respect to thier analog cable science.

Because the consumer electronics industry has become increasingly more competitive, profit margins have dwindled making add-ons like surge protection, extended warranties, and overly expensive cabling the only method of recovering the profit lost on an item sold at 5% or 10% over cost. Don't look to them for a fair evaluation of thier importance.

Your system is no better than the weakest link in the chain. Seldom will this be interconnect.