soundcheck;612495 Wrote:
Hi.
In above mentioned review a german company called Meicord found out
that
a. the way a typical ethernet cable is terminated at the receiving end
is
causing severe reflections due to impedance mismatch
b. that crosstalk effects might also have an impact
guidof;612592 Wrote:
Hi Klaus:
Are you saying that the Meicord company both authored the review and
found that its own unshielded cable bested all other (presumably
non-Meicord) cables?
Or am I missing something?
Guido F.
I'm not 100% sure about the sequence how things happened.
I use Category 6 Enhanced 550 MHz TIA/EIA 568B.2 UTP Unshielded Twisted
Pair which supports Gigabit connections. I did not want to run
ethernet cable that lacked capacity in a few years. For short runs
that aren't in walls or attics (ugh!) CAt 5 is fine. As long as
shielding is avoided as that
If you're going to stick with wireless then you might want to consider
getting an air purifier along with an air ion realigner since purified
air with correctly aligned ions will result in much better sound
quality when using any Squeezebox device via a wireless connection.
Now as most of you
Hi, I had to re-wire my house a few years ago and so had to lift up
floorboards, chase walls etc, etc. I decided before I started, to
network the whole house with CAT6 utp and coax. I am so glad I did as
HDbaseT is on its way and I cannot wait until the day I can have
Ethernet powered speakers in
I have just connected up my Touch with Cat6. Its a lot thicker than the
Cat5 so, I would think, is less prone to damage. The cost difference
was minimal.
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Heh, heh. I was trying to convince myself to try some expensive cables
of the Cat7 or 6 variety, irritated by occasional noise issues. Then I
told myself I had to come here to clear my head. I bought the sub-$1
cable at Monoprice. Oh, it's still Cat6, but I think it was 76 cents.
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Stephen
Again, thank you all for a most informative discussion!
So far, my wireless connection seems to work flawlessly and sounds
excellent. This seems to suggest I should stick with it and thus avoid
drilling into floors and walls -- unless problems with wireless crop up
down the line.
But if I ever
scooot;579415 Wrote:
i have to agree with aubuti,but if you want to spend a bit more money
because you think more money means better then use cat6a u/ftp solid
cable.regards scott.
:-)
And in the same vein, I should have said that cat7 also sounds the same
as the other cats mentioned earlier.
Unshielded cat5 the Touch is no gigabit device anyway.
If you are inside your walls and planning for the future maybe cat6 .
Ethernet does not influence sound quality, if it did same files
downloaded from different sites would sound different ;)
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Mnyb
Mnyb, aubuti, iPhone, scoot:
Thanks a lot for your recommendations!
I may stick with wireless . . .
Guido F.
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guidof;579664 Wrote:
Mnyb, aubuti, iPhone, scoot:
Thanks a lot for your recommendations!
I may stick with wireless . . .
Guido F.
why? wired is way more stable.
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Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no
path, and Leave a Trail.
nicklouse;579749 Wrote:
why? wired is way more stable.
My wireless is perfectly stable. I never have dropouts streaming Flac
to five different wireless Squeezeboxes plus a netbook used for web
browsing. If the original idea was to move to a wired ethernet
solution to increase sound quality,
I currently have my Touch wired. I had my entire house wired before I
moved in.
My wife was so impressed with the Touch, she wants one in the kitchen.
That's the only place not wired!
Where we intend to put the second Touch is only about 3 meters from
where my router is behind a plasterboard
aubuti;579574 Wrote:
:-)
And in the same vein, I should have said that cat7 also sounds the same
as the other cats mentioned earlier.
CAT-7 is inflexible, difficult to bend, cable. Unless your overhead
calculations show that your 320Kbps audio stream needs over 100Gb+ of
throughput, or you
eganders;579772 Wrote:
CAT-7 is inflexible, difficult to bend, cable. Unless your overhead
calculations show that your 320Kbps audio stream needs over 100Gb+ of
throughput, or you just are thinking ahead - way ahead, CAT-6A cabling
should be sufficient.
Looks like my attempt at humor
aubuti;579777 Wrote:
Looks like my attempt at humor misfired. The point is that all ethernet
cable has the same impact on sound quality: zero. And the corollary is
that simple facts like that don't stop some people from spending more
than necessary because of some perceived benefit that
On 09/29/2010 11:32 PM, Mnyb wrote:
If you are rebuilding indoor walls and running new conduits to run
wires in etc, the cable cost is insignificant,btw is not any catX cable
at all 1/1 of a high end cable anyway, unless the brand names have
start selling audiophile ethernet ?
One does
Oh no audioquest has cat5e cable ;)
Oh it's typical practice in sweden to have plastic tubes inside the
walls for all cabling makes it possible to pull new wires if needed,
even if you nowadays (with our Eu membership) probably are allowed to
nail stuff directly to frames or old walls and then
Mnyb;579782 Wrote:
Oh no audioquest has cat5e cable ;)
Oh it's typical practice in sweden to have plastic tubes inside the
walls for all cabling makes it possible to pull new wires if needed,
even if you nowadays (with our Eu membership) probably are allowed to
nail stuff directly to
cat5, cat5e, cat6 all sound the same.
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hi,
i have to agree with aubuti,but if you want to spend a bit more money
because you think more money means better then use cat6a u/ftp solid
cable.regards scott.
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guidof;579377 Wrote:
(Sound quality is my main concern).
Guido F.
As long as its a Data Ethernet Cable it will work. And the cable has
absolutely nothing to do with sound quality. Its being used for Digital
Data not Analog Audio transfer. Data received is verified to be what was
sent IE
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