I compared a regular Cat 5E ethernet cable, a Blue Jeans Cat 6A, and Certicables Cat 8 cables, all 3 meters. The Cat 5E was the stock cheap cable provided by the cable company, the BJ 6A cost something like $10 and the C 8 was about $50 on either Amazon or eBay. I thought there was a slight improvement with each step up in price, mostly what I would call "vividness" or immediacy. The improvements weren't such that I am seeking out a $500 cable. I stream Qobuz files through a Roon player onto my network and use a Bricasti M1SE DAC with a network player. The analog signal is sent to a Benchmark HPA4 headphone amp and I use Kennerton Rognir Planar Magnetic headphones.
Supra Cat 8 Ethernet cable
HI All
I recently purchased a Supra Cat 8 ethernet cable to replace the stock cable to my bluesound node 2i after hearing rave reviews of the Supras. However, the Supra sounded rather bright and clinical in my system. Plus side it has a lot of details, sounds very clear and bass prodution was pretty good but just sounded very forward and bright over my stock ethernet cable. Am using Klipsch 6000 f speakers, an XTZ power amp and a Freya + preamp.
I have not run in the Supra fully yet, about 7 hours. Will it get better over time? Has anyone who has used Supra to your node 2i felt the same. Or do you have a different opinion? Appreciate your views.