Raspberry pi and the delights of invisible media!

[WESTLOWER]

Well, latest little upgrade to the digital side is a pair of new Ethernet cables.

I am not a great believer in ethernet cables making a lot of difference so imagine my surprise when these little beauties blew my socks off! A pair of 5m cables cost under £20, ridiculous.

Where does this madness end? LPSU on the router next??

Interesting this ‘upgrade’ on Ethernet cables...I picked the brains of a very well regarded net cable installer and we got chatting about Ethernet cables in relation to hifi.. he reckoned as long as it was cat 5 cable he would bet his house & his kids there wasn’t a sonic benefit to be had anything else. Obviously I asked the question as it’s valid in this community... but there you have it. He works this with this stuff 38 hours a week. He laughed when I told him £££ Ethernet cables in hifi existed.

[Bigman80]

Interesting this ‘upgrade’ on Ethernet cables...I picked the brains of a very well regarded net cable installer and we got chatting about Ethernet cables in relation to hifi.. he reckoned as long as it was cat 5 cable he would bet his house & his kids there wasn’t a sonic benefit to be had anything else. Obviously I asked the question as it’s valid in this community... but there you have it. He works this with this stuff 38 hours a week. He laughed when I told him £££ Ethernet cables in hifi existed.

I'd bet him his house that I could demonstrate it here. Its madness and like you say, there "shouldn't" be a difference but there definitely is.

I'm absolutely convinced.

[WESTLOWER]

I'd bet him his house that I could demonstrate it here. Its madness and like you say, there "shouldn't" be a difference but there definitely is.

I'm absolutely convinced.

Ok..I don’t doubt you can hear it. Just relaying what a so called expert Ethernet engineer said.

[Bourneendboy]

I wish the cables all came out the same side of the Pi/hat, if I use an Ethernet cable on my set up it doesn't fit in the small space I have for it

[Bigman80]

I wish the cables all came out the same side of the Pi/hat, if I use an Ethernet cable on my set up it doesn't fit in the small space I have for it

Yes!, Great point. Its a bit of a pain but it sounds good enough to forgive lol

[Firebottle]

I'm thinking of building mine into a half width 'standard' case eventually, should give enough room to allow for all leads to bend round and exit at the rear.

[Bigman80]

I'm thinking of building mine into a half width 'standard' case eventually, should give enough room to allow for all leads to bend round and exit at the rear.

Reboxing the pi? That's a cool idea. You can get the GPIO extender cables for very little.

I'm thinking of reboxing the two LPSU units into one or at least coupling them together with a new faceplate and on of those displays you got for yours. Would that be simple?

[Sherwood]

I'm thinking of building mine into a half width 'standard' case eventually, should give enough room to allow for all leads to bend round and exit at the rear.

I was thinking of buying the Allo Katana but was put off by how messy it was with so many cables protruding from each and every angle. I posted Andre (then of Allo) to suggest that at its price point the Katana should have the option of a more ergonomic case with most connections on the rear. I am sure there is a market for such a case and probably a bigger market for a similar case for the Allo Boss.

[struth]

Interesting this ‘upgrade’ on Ethernet cables...I picked the brains of a very well regarded net cable installer and we got chatting about Ethernet cables in relation to hifi.. he reckoned as long as it was cat 5 cable he would bet his house & his kids there wasn’t a sonic benefit to be had anything else. Obviously I asked the question as it’s valid in this community... but there you have it. He works this with this stuff 38 hours a week. He laughed when I told him £££ Ethernet cables in hifi existed.

duronic isnt overly expensive. nice cable tho and sonically it does seem to sound better for some reason. not using mine at moment but will get it plumbed in again when i can

[struth]

I was thinking of buying the Allo Katana but was put off by how messy it was with so many cables protruding from each and every angle. I posted Andre (then of Allo) to suggest that at its price point the Katana should have the option of a more ergonomic case with most connections on the rear. I am sure there is a market for such a case and probably a bigger market for a similar case for the Allo Boss.

yup, it put me off with all the boards, wires etc and not proper case; especially as its a fair whack of dosh. stick for now with the digione in the nice ali case