WTD: Decent Ethernet cable

[Lawrence001]

Thats the Ethernet

https://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Cheers bit more than I wanted to pay but if I see one second hand I'll grab it.

[Lawrence001]

Duronic Black Network Cable 5m CAT7 Specification FTP Ethernet Gigabit LAN Network Cable (RJ45) Gold Headed Shielded Cable - High Speed 600MHz Premium Quality Cat7 | Patch | Ethernet | Modem | Router https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B018KH7O..._A5IlEbYBPVSPP

Found it a bit cheaper on eBay so I got a 1.5m and a 3m.

However I did see a few nice Haydn quartets played by the Saloman Quartet on Hyperion while I was browsing Amazon so it was worth looking anyway

[Made in 1968]

Cheers bit more than I wanted to pay but if I see one second hand I'll grab it.

ofc i wouldnt be seen dead paying that for an ethernet cable..

[CageyH]

The Meicord Opal is supposed to be pretty good. I have never tried one though.

[Lawrence001]

ofc i wouldnt be seen dead paying that for an ethernet cable..

I thought you said that's the one you use, you're crazy you are

[martinswimmer]

When you are talking about 'digital' rather than 'analogue', there is only good enough and not good enough. The point about 'digital' is that you can have a large amount of noise and distortion and still recover a perfect digital signal.

Your Ethernet cable will carry packets of data and providing the packets get through that's all there is too it. A digital audio (S/PDIF) cable to or from a DAC or ADC is a different matter though, because in that case you also carry the timing element of the PCM audio signal which is important when you convert between the analogue and digital domains.

I'm not going to say any more on the matter; if you disagree that's fine (but you are scientifically wrong). You simply don't need to spend any more than basic money on an Ethernet cable and the length is not important so long as you keep within the Ethernet spec. I'd advise that you buy a cable that is long enough to stretch between the equipment that you want to connect, and not so long that you trip over it.

This!

[Made in 1968]

Yes Lawrence but it was £15 off ebay

[Lawrence001]

Yes Lawrence but it was £15 off ebay

That's exactly what I'd pay, there's hope yet

[Made in 1968]

Hurt my feeling paying that.

[Lawrence001]

Just comparing the 1.5m and 3m cables and I'm sure the 1.5m cable sounds better!

I wish they had the 2m cable on eBay as that's just the right size for my main system, the 1.5m will do in my second system.