An invention is disclosed whereby an analog audio signal are transmitted
over distances through a flexible medium using electro-optical radiation
as the carrier of the audio signal. The analog audio signal is never
converted into a digital mode nor is the signal ever filtered. The
resultant analog sound that is delivered to the opposite end of the
flexible medium is 100% modulated with a de minimus amount of signal loss
due to noise. Though the best mode of this invention is it's application
to guitar cords, any form of audio analog input will function within this
invention, whereby a bundle of fiber optic cables that are capable of a
high amount reflectivity, with or without the presence of an element that
increases or facilitates luminescence, will become saturated with light
which varies in intensity with the amplitude of the sound. This invention
concedes that safety is a predominant factor when associating electrical
energy with those products that people can be in contact therewith. This
invention uses both direct and alternating currents but does so at very
low voltages. Accordingly, safety precautions for the user and for the
equipment used therewith are of the utmost concern, and the circuitry
designed facilitates those desires with multiple grounding means,
blocking of spurious voltages, stray capacitance and electromagnetic
fields and preventing induction caused by opposing voltages.