Blue Jeans is what you want. Anything over is a scam. Ask yourself - does Amazon (Tidal, etc) use $1000 Ethernet cables in their data centers? No? Why would you?
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...?
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@antigrunge2 - where does it mess with USB and how? SPDIF - sure. This is why no one should be using coax. I am yet to hear explanation on USB. Ethernet even more resilient. Everything is retransmitted if there is an error. Again - your email does not change no matter fiber, electrical, satellite links and 100 times conversion of electric to optical to radio and back. It comes to you 100%. So is the FLAC file. |
@mswale - exactly. Decent shielded and properly soldered cable, that's all. I am familiar with switching network protocols :-) |
@antigrunge2 - please explain what is exactly "noise travels with packets" and how exactly does it affect the DAC. Packets are reassembled into bit sequence upon receive in the network card. There is no analog noise there. There is no noise in the CPU. No noise that would affect code execution.I have no idea why they offer it, there are $1000 Ethernet "filters" so I am not surprised there are USB connectors with Japanese wood covers. Once again - does Apple or Amazon use "special" cables? Is there difference in USB transfer speed to an external drive with and without separate power? |