guidof;684598 Wrote: > Spending lots of money on ANY "audiophile" cable IS foolish. That was > NOT my suggestion. > > While data transmission is not affected by choice of Ethernet cables, > that may not necessarily mean there is no difference in the audio one > hears. (See my previous post and Phil Leigh's response on post #316) at > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322&page=32 > > Would I rewire the house in search of improvements in the sound? No. > > But if I could test the difference with a short run of cat6, as I did, > why not? It was only $15 and worth every dime to me. > > Of course, no guarantee it would work for someone else. But it might. > > Guido F.
In that same post, Phil says 'Generic advice such as "Use Cat 5 not Cat 6 to avoid ground plane RF transmission/coupling issues" still stands.' So it appears that cat 5 is preferable to cat 6 to avoid RF effects that could influence downstream audio components. -- Ron Olsen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92924 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
