Ethernet Cables

If you are not sure the earth is flat or some other shape, buy the ViaBlue for 90 bucks and set sail for the Americas. I tried several Ethernet cables and conversed with lots of folks here and on other forums about Ethernet cables. I found in the less than $100 range that there are audible differences in every cable I tried and the ViaBlue was well liked by me and others as an all around cable. After you figure out the earth isn't flat with the ViaBlue, the challenges of finding the "perfect" Ethernet cable gets much harder and more expensive. In fact, contact me and I'll send you my Viablue to try, just send it back and report here if you heard a difference.

I challenge anyone claiming differences in ethernet cables passing packets.  There can be zero differences because a bit is a bit.  Bits just don't get dropped or we would not have communication over the internet.  

I have not tried a $500 ethernet cable but the very affordable Supra sounded better than the one that came with my BS Vault. Why does the last 6ft or so of a power cable make a difference when there’s 100ft or so of romex from the panel to the wall receptacle, plus miles of cable floating in the air between a substation and your home? Well, it does make a difference with power cords and I believe the cable is canceling out noise, EM/RFI and that same principle  is probably true with an ethernet cable. Not sure it makes sense wiring ones entire home with say Supra, but the last meter will make a difference. I come off the wall port to a switch then with a Supra to my streamer.

Nordost has a mini white paper on digital cables that tries to address the “it’s only 1s and 0s”

https://www.nordost.com/downloads/Digital%20Audio%20Cables%20-%20How%20Can%20They%20Make%20A%20Diffe...

If you buy an expensive Ethernet cable it’s obvious to all that the bits and the zeros are going to be bigger, shinier, faster and much better.
Cheaper cables pass cheap bits and bum zeros.
The same principle occurs with the transmission/receiving equipment.
AG 🇦🇺