I've also been wondering what garbage is coming in from the wireless extender through the Ethernet cable into the SBT and possibly out to my DAC. Not bad data but RF which may affect the jitter of the SBT and analog performance of the DAC.
I thought that Ethernet cables of a specific type (eg CAT-6) were all the same and were all shielded. After some quick googling I found there are important differences. There are unshielded, floating shielded and grounded shielded. If the head of he RJ45 plug is metal then its possible that you have a grounded shielded variety which are used when there is EMI near the cable which incidentally can affect data throughput. For the grounded shielded to work the socket needs to be metal as well or have a contact to chassis ground. If neither ends socket has this then he cable is effectively floating shielded. Cables with the typical plastic ends may also be shielded but unless the shield is tied to something the shield will be floating. Floating shields do attenuate external interference to some degree but will also resonate with RFI at wavelengths that are multiples of its length. More to come, have to grab dinner. -- HumanMedia ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HumanMedia's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44865 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93316 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
