Just get a high quality Cat-8 cable. Wire world carries a good selection. No need to buy “audiophile grade LAN cabling, whatever the he’ll they might be. Bits is bits, ya know?
Audiophile LAN cables
I know very well the importance of cables in a system, and I know very well the difference in the sound they make.
I have been assembly audio cables for my own use for years now, but I never expected how a LAN cable could change the sound of my liquid music so much.
Do you guys have experience in LAN cables?
Do they make a difference also in your audio setup?
I have been assembly audio cables for my own use for years now, but I never expected how a LAN cable could change the sound of my liquid music so much.
Do you guys have experience in LAN cables?
Do they make a difference also in your audio setup?
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The Supra is a great cable. Haven’t tried many but over Office Depot and such Ethernet cables it’s a noticeable improvement and the price is right. It can be purchased in bulk as well. http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemDescV4&item=153803844006&category=640... https://www.ebay.com/i/153803844006?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%2... https://www.ebay.com/i/153783903352?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%2... |
I have done extensive research on this and developed a filter to greatly reduce the problem, which is our old friend ‘RFI’. Ethernet cables are great aerials to channel RFI straight into the back end of your streamer. An expensive screened cable can reduce some RFI and will definitely improve sound quality a bit compared with a standard patch lead. The best solution though, and is a lovely improvement to the sound, is a cable with inbuilt Common Mode RFI suppression in both the transmit and receive twisted pairs. These are uncommon and very expensive, that’s why I developed a filter that does this. It’s the removal of RFI that improves the sound, not ‘better data’ or anything like that. My filter is at http://www.transformaudio.uk/eno.htm |
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