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

