Audio Grade Ethernet Cable


I've been thinking about getting a DH Labs ethernet cable. My thought is to get my crappy router as close to my Bryston BDP 3 as possible, so that the cable is only 0.5 meters. I do have a TeraDak LPS connected to the router. Is this a waste of time and money? I know the cable is just a couple hundred dollars but I don't want to spend that much just to realize again that my local files will always be preferable.

goofyfoot

@goofyfoot 

From $1,000.00 to $10,000.00 is a huge mark but it may be realistic.

Pardon me as I did exaggerate.  Have no real experience with actual audio mark ups but have read here that 5 times cost from manufacture to sale is not unusual.

@goofyfoot 

I too bought into using Cat 8 cable and found it made no noticeable difference with anything.  I used to watch OCD Mikey and Jay’s Audio Lab and both of the said to make your eithernet cable the last thing you replace.  Mikey never really gave a good reason, but Jay said that the eithernet cable made the least amount of difference in sound quality of anything in his system.

All the best.

True: Also CAT 8 needs a drain (un-shielded at the EQ end) to be of any benefit. 

I used to watch OCD Mikey and Jay’s Audio Lab and both of the said to make your eithernet cable the last thing you replace.  Mikey never really gave a good reason, but Jay said that the eithernet cable made the least amount of difference in sound quality of anything in his system.

I use Neotech CAT6 and USB in my system. Better than Amazon junk and not the high price of so called AP RJ45 and USB cables. 

 

 https://www.hificollective.co.uk/catalog/neotech-neet-1008-2-silver-rj45-cable.html