Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference?

Thanks to all!!
I did some research on the Net, and bottom line there are definate differences between my CAT6 and a CAT7 cable, basically, shielding individual twisted pairs and whole cable braid shielding. Also, not all CAT7 cables are the same, most boasted 10GB/s @ 600Mhz, but I found one that claimed 10GB/s @ 1000Mhz, there are also stranded and solid core cables. The claims about CAT7 were fairly consistant, in that due to twisting and shielding of the wire pairs and overall cable shielding the potential for noise being introduced in the signal is reduced. How this may improve Streaming SQ has yet to be determined. So, I decided on a CAT7 solid core 10GB/s @ 1000Mhz 10' run for $8 (shipping cost me as much as the cable). I looked at the AQ Vodka and can not understand what makes this cable cost over $500 for a 3M run! There must be something I'm missing here. I will A/B the new $8 CAT7 against my CAT6 and report back my perceived results. By the way, can anyone help me understand the difference between a 600Mhz cable compared to a 1000Mhz cable? Thanks!!

Hi, acepilot71,
When I return from business, I'll attempt a blind test with a straight CAT5e compared with my new CAT7 and see if my friend can detect a difference. I will then have my friend perform the test on myself to determine if I can consistently confirm which cable is in the system and report the results here. Also, again, I have the question as to what is the difference between a 600Mhz cable and a 1000Mhz cable?
Thanks! 

No need to A/B my Cat6 cable with the new Cat7 cable. The difference with the Cat7 was a transformation, I would never have believed it. SQ improved to a degree of significance I find hard to describe. More detail, air, articulation, speed of transients and a lower noise floor just to begin. This is truly a cable not to overlook! 

Interesting little fact;

When I purchased my Samsung TV, the owners manual specifically stated that "If you are using a wired connection to your TV, you should use a CAT7 cable". The manual did not say why this was necessary, but it does make one think...

OK,
Last evening I performed a listening test with a non-audiophile friend of mine to learn if he perceived a difference between a CAT5e and my CAT7 cable. The test was lame and am sure not up to the standards of most on this forum, but I'll let it be up to you to decide.

Streaming Source - TIDAL Hi/FI/Master
Gateway - Arris
CAT5e and CAT7 10' runs directly connected to Arris Gateway
Music - Keith Urban, Graffiti U, Track 7 (TIDAL MASTER)
PC - Built myself Gaming rig
Service - Xfinity 175mbps copper coax to home
Audio System - Krell and Sonus Faber

I repeated the test below three times, and all three times he selected the CAT7 cable. The way I performed the test is I told him there were two different Ethernet cables I was trying and wanted his opinion if one sounded better to him, I called them cable 1 and cable 2, Cable 1 being the CAT5e and cable 2 the CAT7.

I played the entire track with each cable starting with cable 1 and I told him it was cable 1, I asked him to keep his opinion to himself until we repeated the test 3 times, telling him each time I repeated the track what cable I had in the system, either 1 or 2.

Results:
My friend preferred cable 2, the CAT7 consistently. I asked him how substantial the difference was and he said without reservation that he could hear a difference, and that difference was the CAT7 cable sounded "smoother". Now though my friend is not an "Audiophile", I agree with his assessment. So, in the end, either I have a system problem, or, just maybe, there is a difference in Ethernet cables for reasons I can not explain.

Thanks for reading and please do not bash my non-scientific cable test, it was the best one evening, one person test I could pull-off.

Hello to all.

To sum it up, what I have learned is my system may have a problem, because performing a listening test (see my previous post), my friend and I both noticed a "difference in SQ for the better" when using a CAT7 compared to a CAT5e. My non-audiophile friend described it best as saying the CAT7 was "smoother sounding". I'll just leave it at that.

Can all of us please end this subject on this last note.

I thank all of you for your interest in this subject and I think we have gone full circle at this time.

Cheers!