Talk to me about CAT 6 in wall cable

@daveyf 

Crap, now you’ve got me thinking is there a in-wall audiophile Ethernet cable?

Googling I found this Audioquest in-wall cable. I only need maybe 100 ft max which is a budget friendly ~$150, but is only sold as a  bulk spool of 1000ft at $1500!

@kennyc  1000 feet is way too much cable! Maybe there is someone who sells shorter lengths??

@daveyf oh yeah if you’re remodeling the room definitely do it.ay be add a couple of dedicated lines as well. 

@daveyf , if i were remodeling, i would look at fiber optic in the walls instead of Ethernet cable; thinner, more flexible, easier to work with, etc.  And most importantly, no potential for EMI (or electrical surges); Just need a nice little FMC and transceiver SFP (e.g., a Finisar one that is compatible with your fiber optic cable) and a short Cat6 (or Cat8 is you want shielded) cable to connect to the Aurender.

If your existing router doesn’t have a slot for a SFP, you would need either get a new router that does —there are quite a few — or add an FMC at that end too, but the EMI isolation seems worth it to me. 

We built a new home 2.5 years ago. I wired Cat 6 to all rooms as well as a second Cat6 to each room that would have Roon endpoints. We also have a Mesh system strictly for WiFi phone and iPads. While redundant and not so funny thing happened. One of the cell companies erected a 5G tower a football field away from our home. That wiped out our ability to use the phone without it being on FaceTime and we must use WiFi calling to avoid computer voice/mumbled conversations that can’t be understood. This also induced internet noise into my audio system particularly the MC Phono which had to changed to MM. All my endpoints are now hard wired which stopped the issues. I’m truly glad we spent the extra money for the Cat6!