Value of a premium Ethernet cable

@antigrunge2 If you think there is a sine wave in the data being transmitted to the streamer, then go nuts on cables.

I said nothing about clocking.

Any suggestion what other than a sine wave is being transmitted? The interference messes with the shape of the sine wave thereby changing both amplitude and midpoint; hence my comment on clocking.

Imagine a group of people talking about which airlines have the best 1st Class cabin service, food and seat comfort.  Then someone walks up and says, “You know, the Coach seats arrive at the destination at the exact same time as the 1st Class seats, so why spend the extra money?”

A cave man may not have understood the nature of fire but he learned that striking two hard rocks together made sparks and could start a fire and then he developed  the art of cooking.  I don’t understand the nature of transmitting data via the internet but I know audio.  Me like sound of silver plated Ethernet cables.  Ugh!

@macg19

If you have already done comparison between LAN cables and found no audible differences then it shouldn’t matter what anyone else heard or believes. Just keep in mind, most of us here are only speaking from our experiences in the context of our audio system and listening skills.

Audioquest vodka is exactly what I am using between my Etherregen and my streamer.  I run a cinnamon 10M cable from my router to my switch.  Both are silver plated.  Excellent results.  Vodka is only .5M long (or so).

I recently swapped the vodka with a german cable of similar price, very similar results.

I recently loaned the ER to a friend for a week and when I got it back i was very happy.  Having the quality cable downstram of it seems to make sense.

Of course your mileage may vary.  In another thread people are posting they can't tell the difference between wifi and wire.  so it depends on your system and your ears.

Jerry