The silver cable is the optical cable I was using. It worked great but when I saw the Cinnamon on sale, it was hard to say no to. The ends are great, they lock in well, I had no problem routing them in the car, but as noted above, they don’t have the braided outer jacket. It makes me question their authenticity. They do look like the Forest cable, so they may be, but they are definitely not the newest version and that should be made clear in the product description.

The cable itself is fine, usually I go higher than the cinnamon, but for my wife’s car audio install it didn’t seem necessary. She’s not using the same level of equipment as I am. But in the picture is shows this has a braided proctection layer on top, and it does not. I got a Vodka for my truck, and at 5m it came with the braided protector. The cable sounds fine, but now I need something to go over it and protect it. These aren’t thick, and care is needed to not damage them.

The cable was built too small for my taste. needs to be 2mm bigger to be able to install for car audio needs.