alekz wrote: > Yes, it all began with cables. But my point was that the analogies do > not always work. In a $1M DB server you do not care if the S/N is 80 or > 85dB. But in the high-end audio 85dB is not a good ratio. And you are > trying to squeeze extra decibels out of everything.
alexz, The point you seem to fail to grasp is that, for ethernet, it doesn't matter whether the S/N is 80 or 85dB - as long as the packets can be transmitted and received accurately. It simply doesn't matter. Period. It has *no effect whatsoever* on the quality of the audio transmitted asynchronously over that wire. None. Zero. They are the same. Now, synchronous transmission over an analogue medium (ie. SPDIF) is a different matter, but as far as ethernet is concerned a CAT5 cable is a CAT5 cable. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
