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

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

Just checked the web and this is the 18,456th forum thread about this topic with 352,789 responses not including this one

somewhere around the 15th thread everything that could possibly said about this topic had already been said multiple times

hard to believe you all  are debating it for the 18,457th time. 

 

 

You must feel great being a part of the 18,475th discussion. 

 

hard to believe you all  are debating it for the 18,457th time. 

hard to believe you all  are debating it for the 18,457th time. 
 

practice makes perfect 

I've had good luck with Blue Jeans cable Cat 6 cables and LINKUPCat8 Ethernet Patch Cable Double Shielded cables. One thing I think speaks to both of their quality is the fact a Fluke Instruments cable test is included with each cable which certifies their performance. How many boutique audio cable makers include test documentation with their products? 

Amazon.com: LINKUP – [40Gbps Certified] Cat8 Ethernet Patch Cable Double Shielded┃2000MHz (2GHz) Cat8.1┃Future Proof LAN Wires Compatible with Cat7A, Cat7, Cat6A, 25G, 10G, 1G Network [Yellow] - 10ft (3M) : Electronics