Ethernet opinions

@shtr74sims

I was unable to replace the 12m run of phone cable, as it goes through a flat roof from modem to my system. I would have done this if possible.

The cable was Cat5, so compatible. My electrician did the work. I’m sure there are videos on how to do this if you are so inclined.

Have read in a few places that your best ethernet cable should be the last in the chain to your streamer, which is what I’ve done. On the modem side I have Meicord Opal, Blue Jeans and Supra Cat8 ethernet cables.

I’m going to keep out of the argument with F2. If ignored, he might stop.

@jerrybj thank you, much appreciated. 

@cleeds  Ok, now I see the problem. You never read what I posted. 

They call it a streaming service, yes, that is a fact. Also a fact, they actually don't have a continuous stream, your streamer/player download each song individually then play it back. That is how the technology works. Why do they do this? Quality. Lots of things can happen on the internet during a 4 minute song, very little happens on a local network during 4 minutes.

fredrik222

They call it a streaming service, yes, that is a fact.

We've made progress if you now accept that streaming and downloading are two different things. If, however, you are going to continue with your word salad and conflate streaming, caching, and downloading as all being the same thing, then you are just being argumentative. The facts here are clear, and you've acknowledged them. Let's move on.

@clearthink factually flawed, how so? let’s dig into the technology and show me why it is factually flawed.

Let me start you off:

Jitter - since it's an actual download, jitter means nothing.

Noise from RFI/EMI - Somehow analogue noise is imbedded into the download? Nope, not how it works, the download would fail all sorts of checks, including DRM.

Clock - again, it's a download so it doesn't mean anything, and even it wasn't, all switches has clocks tuned to the speed of the network interface cards.