Ethernet Cables

I was surprised to find that a Sablon Audio ethernet cable provided a noticeable improvement.

I did ----still no consistent response

Actually, very consistent.

Many who have tried it heard an improvement. And those who always claim things don’t work without ever trying anything, unsurprisingly claim there is no improvement.

Take your pick. The opinion of folks who tried it, or the opinion of those who haven’t tried it.

Try Meicord Opal, it‘s a revelation

Actually, very consistent. 

Many who have tried it heard an improvement. And those who always claim things don’t work without ever trying anything, unsurprisingly claim there is no improvement.

Take your pick. The opinion of folks who tried it, or the opinion of those who haven’t tried it.

+1  Well said!

I got an AmazonBasics Cat 6 Ethernet cable and a Supra Cat 8 cable to be able to listen to both. My plan was to sell the Supra Cat 8 cable if I didn't hear any clear improvement from the AmazonBasics cable. FWIW, I'm using the Supra Cat 8 cable now. Benefits that I heard from using the Supra cable were:

- More presence to voices and instruments which sound more forward and distinct in presentation
- Richer tonality
- Less grain to the sound
- Better resolution due to a lower noise floor (This is audible when comparing a cleaner signal to one that is less clean)
- Easier to follow bass lines
- Pace seems faster due to more clarity and better definition to the leading edge of notes.

The degree of improvement was pretty significant. For digital sound quality, the biggest improvement I've heard was turning off the WiFi on my streamer and using the AmazonBasics Cat 6 Ethernet cable via an Ethernet access point created via a WiFi extender. Switching from the AmazonBasics cable to the Supra cable resulted in improved sound quality on order of about 75% of the benefit that from going to an Ethernet cable from WiFi.