Cat 5 - 6 -7 or 8

Supra CAT-8

I'm holding out until there is a "10" !!!

Whatever works for your length and bandwidth, but I recommend shielded near the gear.

1 GigE is plenty of bandwidth for audio, or 4k video, by the way. 

All joking aside, I heard 6 is the ticket, although I can’t say why? Just heard.

erik_squires - Hey Erik, "Whatever works for your length and bandwidth, but I recommend shielded near the gear. 1 GigE is plenty of bandwidth for audio"

Whatever all that means (to techie for me) ya gtta link?

He's saying Cat 6 is great. :-) I went to it.. I love the terminal end tightness, the ribbon design with a tough outer skin and increased DL and UL speeds..

Sound?

It is faster 5X on the average from a fancy Cat 5 my Kids gave me.. It sounds better because of that.. I ran 3 new runs, best 100.00 spent here in a LONG time.. Really pleased. 15,25,35.00 dollar cables..  15,25,100 foot runs..

regards