Audio Grade Ethernet Cable


I've been thinking about getting a DH Labs ethernet cable. My thought is to get my crappy router as close to my Bryston BDP 3 as possible, so that the cable is only 0.5 meters. I do have a TeraDak LPS connected to the router. Is this a waste of time and money? I know the cable is just a couple hundred dollars but I don't want to spend that much just to realize again that my local files will always be preferable.

goofyfoot

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Agree in general with the above.  But here is the cynical side to my thinking, take it with a grain of salt.

If I was a principal of an audio manufacturing company, I would be keenly aware and give hard thought to the fact that for every part added to a product will bring a huge increase in price/profit.

For example, if it cost $1,000 to build a component (all in cost including parts, labor, depreciation, taxes, etc.) assume I could sell it for $10,000. 

If I took the same product and added a new case and associated parts to separate the power supply for an additional cost of $500, I could sell the product for $15,000.

Heck, if I just added some better quality more expensive parts that I knew would not improve the sound quality of the component but know are the "darlings" of the audiophile world I would increase the component cost accordingly.  

There is perhaps no better way to increase profitability.

The concept of what I wrote above is in no way exclusive to the audio industry.

@goofyfoot 

From $1,000.00 to $10,000.00 is a huge mark but it may be realistic.

Pardon me as I did exaggerate.  Have no real experience with actual audio mark ups but have read here that 5 times cost from manufacture to sale is not unusual.