Connecting a streamer via an Ethernet cable

“What makes you think wired connections are immune to RFI/EMI?”

@cleeds,

A conductive shield in a Ethernet cable reflects or conduct external interference away without affecting the signals of the internal conductor. Hence the shielded Ethernet cables protects signals from EMI/RFI over the length of the cable run resulting in faster transmission speeds and fewer data errors.

You may also know, fiber-optic cable network is impervious to EMI/ RFI and switch noise but it often requires conversion at some point cause majority of consumer grade streamers / routers do not have fiber optic jacks.

What @jss49 said.

Let me also add, by going the ‘wired’ route you also eliminate RFI / EMI interferences which yields to better dynamics, IMO. The only way to know is test it in your environment as the improvements or lack thereof squarely depends on your ears and the audio system.

Buy a long Ethernet cable that can be returned for testing before you go through the trouble of moving things around.