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Are my CAT5 and router my weak link?

I have paid a lot of money for my PS Audio PW DAC II with the bridge....as well as all of my interconnects, power cords and speaker cables. After all that, I have an inexpensive (relative to my system) wireless router that connects my computer to the PW DAC and CAT6 cables that are not too special. Are those components letting the signal come through fully? I am curious what others may have done.

Thanks
Jeff
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edorr
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I am jumping ship when CAT10 hits the market. Meanwhile, am am sorting out the directionality of my fuses.
edorr
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Think of it like this. Your data is transfered from a NAS into a buffer in the PWD Bridge. If you copy an excel file from a NAS to another node on the network, it will be bit for bit perfect (i.e. the exact same bits) all the time, irrespective of quality of your cable. The same applies to your music file. It gets tricky when timing information is involved - not the case here. The bridge is completely asynchronous.
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