Ethernet Cable or Not?

What about this? What about that? The audio and video signals are not bidirectional. We don’t care about signals that are bidirectional. Hel-loo!

Ahhh, bok! You finally admit that we don’t care about directionality because it is a fictional concept. 

Wire is directional in DC circuits and AC circuits. It’s not really rocket science, Sleepy. Wake up and smell the coffee. ☕️

OP,

My setup seems most similar to yours. I run a chromecast audio via optical into a peachtree decco65. I had a 50’ cat 7 cable, so I figured I’d buy $12 ethernet adapter and connect the cable to the chromecast. This tweak made the least difference in all the tweaks I’ve tried so far. I think I can point to a difference in a specific song, but the difference was very minimal--about 99.9% on my setup.

Like you, I’m entirely plugged into the wall. Besides a LPS, the improvement I’m eyeing is the iFi SPIDF reclocker for $150. It purports to isolate the upstream noise, is powered by it’s own low noise power supply, and reclocks the stream. For our low budget streamers, the iFi reclocker seems like a better choice then a LPS for the streamer. At our price range, I wonder whether LPS’s for the streamer and router would make a difference after the iFi reclocker were introduced.

Best

classdstreamer,

Adding tweaks to Chromecast is like installing performance tires on a Smart car. If you’re eyeing on better streaming SQ, upgrade to a decent streamer like Bluesound Node 2i.

If you choose to add iFi reclocker to Chromecast, please do post your results.