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Ethernet

I am adding a HiFi Rose RS 130 to my set up and need to split my ethernet cable run...  Here is my question:  I have about a 20' run into the splitter , then 2 x 3' runs to the RS130 and a BluSound Vault.  I have been using a $20 ethernet Cat 5 cable on the BluSound Vault alone.  I am seeing (typical) ethernet runs for $7,000 to $1.50.  Where do I go here?  Primary goal is to make sure all 3 runs are identical and really NOT thinking of spending a ton here.  Thoughts?  Cat 5...6...7...?

Help !!

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Showing 3 responses by antigrunge2

antigrunge2
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Check Zoerax cat8 5th gen on Aliexpress. Top quality at a good price

antigrunge2
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@mikhailark 

audio isn’t digital since analogue noise messes with the subsequent D/A signal conversion; i.e. RMI/EFI or ground level noise matter in audio, not digital.

antigrunge2
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@mikhailark

you need to read up on this: fiber does not suffer from the noise incursions I highlighted but from noise generated during ethernet to fibre conversion. The problem isn’t that packets get truncated or don’t get there at all; it’s that the noise travels along the packets on the wire, whichever you chose with deleterious impact on the D/A conversion.

and btw: why do you think people offer USB cables where the 5V line is separate from the signal lines?

 

 

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