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Most Important, Unloved Cable...

Ethernet. I used to say the power cord was the most unloved, but important cable. Now, I update that assessment to the Ethernet cable. Review work forthcoming. 

I can't wait to invite my newer friend who is an engineer who was involved with the construction of Fermilab, the National Accelerator Lab, to hear this! Previously he was an overt mocker; no longer. He decided to try comparing cables and had his mind changed. That's not uncommon, as many of you former skeptics know. :)

I had my biggest doubts about the Ethernet cable. But, I was wrong - SO wrong! I'm so happy I made the decision years ago that I would try things rather than simply flip a coin mentally and decide without experience. It has made all the difference in quality of systems and my enjoyment of them. Reminder; I settled the matter of efficacy of cables years before becoming a reviewer and with my own money, so my enthusiasm for them does not spring from reviewing. Reviewing has allowed me to more fully explore their potential.  

I find fascinating the cognitive dissonance that exists between the skeptical mind in regard to cables and the real world results which can be obtained with them. I'm still shaking my head at this result... profoundly unexpected results way beyond expectation. Anyone who would need an ABX for this should exit the hobby and take up gun shooting, because your hearing would be for crap.  
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shadorne
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@grannyring

There was an open invitation to anyone by Jinijuku to try whatever was proposed/offered in a person's own set up.

To bad really. Should have offered some nice Wireword etc. for the test.

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jinjuku
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WGUtz has a custom, 5 meter, cryo-treated, cable. The other cable was a 30 meter cable costing $13 shipped.

He certainly had a highly resolving setup. Going through this in a persons own setup it certainly added weight to my previous findings and I’m much more comfortable now in wanting to test out in other peoples systems.

Wish it would have been for the $$.

I’ve also had this done with a $700 Nordost 1 meter, $340 AQ 1 meter, $330 Wireworld 3 meter. Please stop attempting to put your head in the sand over this fact.


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Not attempting to do anything but learn what you did.  I can’t read your mind and know what you did in the past or even what a “custom”cable is? What is it? No reason to attack and be rude. Your test is still ambiguous to me and others as we have no idea what the custom cable is. Simple to understand my point here right? 
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willemj
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Jinjuku, thanks for this. I am afraid many are still in denial, and will remain so. Grannyring (nice name - I am a cyclist too), are you willing to submit your cable to the same test?
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