ETHERNET CABLES

When using ethernet for hooking up streaming devices and dacs, what cat level of ethernet cable should be used. Is there any sonic improvement by going to a higher dollar cat 7 or 8 cable?

samgar209-29-2022 12:59pm

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antigrunge2 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,417 posts 10-07-2022 at 01:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @fredrik222, I can’t but find your argument pompously principled: Has the thought occured to you that heavy error correction in itself causes noise from the processor as well as time allignment issues?. You seem to have no knowledge of D/A conversion issues in audio applications.
juanmanuelfangioii Details Discussions Posts This discussion 958 posts 10-07-2022 at 01:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Stop feeding the troll.
fredrik222 Details Discussions Posts This discussion 522 posts 10-07-2022 at 02:03pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @antigrunge2 What heavy error correction? Certainly, I am not an expert on D/A conversions, never said I was. But please do explain how a ethernet cable impacts the noise in the DAC. It's what I asked of @nonoise and he certainly couldn't come up with anything.
fredrik222 Details Discussions Posts This discussion 522 posts 10-07-2022 at 02:06pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @audphile1 so my system isn't good enough to hear the differences?
thyname Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,107 posts 10-07-2022 at 02:17pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @fredrik222 : Copper Ethernet connections can be affected by jitter, phase noise, and leakage current. Meaning those can "travel" through copper and reach your DAC or streamer, and potentially impact them. At least in theory (of course, you don’t have to try it). For more technical explanation, you can read this (too many words, I know :-):

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