The Shunyata Research OMEGA-X-Ethernet Cable

@moto_man 

It is commonplace to hear those differences after you switch.

It boils down quite a bit to human psychology and how our brains work.

If you spend thousands of dollars on something you consciously or subconsciously expect to hear a difference.

The truth is, the cables were either doing something wrong that you heard as a positive change, or they were better than what you had used previously, which could have been very lousy cables.

Please make sure you level match and play exactly the same tracks when trying to determine if there is in fact a difference in cables.

I have the Shunyata Research Omega line for my digital interconnects and alpha cables for the rest of my system. they make great cables. I had the entry level Audioquest ethernet but upgraded to their Diamond Ethernet Cable....very stiff, care for the connection points/ports required!  Also put in a Synergistic Research Ethernet Switch. The combination is great, need nothing more. In my system, It made a difference....

But I am in the camp of "the last three feet matter".

Conversations such as this one are meaningless. Nobody wins, everybody loses. These conversations inevitably turn into name calling, which is not constructive, nor do they help move the conversation forward.

Contributors are on one side or the other - subjective or objective.

Neither opinion will ever convince the other side.

A really good topic that everyone can enjoy without taking sides is a far better use of the space on this forum.

@frank009 

I haven’t heard this cable to have an opinion about it ... have you?

I have extensively listened to the Shunyata catalog, in a properly treated and credentialed Mastering room with evolution acoustics monitors and top quality, amplifier and monitor controller, etc.

... and particularly when it comes to power cords, yet in general across the line, this is not a snake oil company

science based tech   
 

audible results 

also ... you totally abuse and misused the concept of virtue signaling… Which makes this post seem like it was made by someone who’s not very smart. 
 

virtue signaling is a very specific thing with a moral component

A cable manufacturer claiming superior performance isn’t making a moral claim at all — they’re making a technical/commercial claim. There’s no virtue being signaled. The right criticism would be something like “marketing hype,” “audiophile snake oil,” or “unsubstantiated performance claims.”

And yet have you done any listening? If we haven’t done any listening, then we should probably shut the F up until we do.