SOtM dCBL-CAT8M - Is this the new reference in LAN cables?

@lalitk . I accept that it's a case of digital horses for digital courses.  However, even before the ER was added I felt the ISOCAT wasn't doing much.

Interestingly, I asked SOtM's May Park what the component sequence should be if I additionally bought the SOtM switch with all the trimmings, and she said the ISOCAT should go after the switch, and before the dCBL-CAT7u cable.

@lollipopguild

My understanding was to use iSO-CAT7 between switch and streamer with your choice of (flavor) 50cm LAN pigtails for final tuning. The dCBL-CAT7u to be used between modem and switch. Listening is the key with any tweaks, either they work or they don’t based on our unique audio systems.

Timely posting as I just hooked up an iso-cat7 this morning between my router and streamer.  I picked the filter up used and it came with a 30cm cable intended to be used on the streamer side.  I don’t know which “flavor” SOtM Ethernet cable it is.  It may have been the Xmas edition?

Im going out from my modem into an inexpensive 2’ Linkup Ethernet cable from Amazon (I believe @lalitk posted this cable at some point) into my router , then another 2’ Linkup cable >> Iso-Cat7 filter >> SOtM 30cm cable >> Ifi Zen Stream.

so… not a lot of time with it yet, but so far I’m having positive results and noticeable improvement in terms of separation and detail.

@j_andrews 

Thanks for your post. Glad to hear you’re enjoying the improvements with iSO-CAT7. Looks like the filter has lowered the noise floor thus allowing you to hear better detail and separation between instruments and vocals. The LINKUP cable is incredibly open, detailed and balanced LAN I’ve heard, for the money; it is a steal! 

Hey lalitk!!

How did that SotM cat 8 cable end up sounding??