Ethernet

@erik_squires I am not an IT professional. I believe you are though.

Going to a higher cat than your source and switch supports doesn’t help anything.

The OP didn’t say what type of internet/speed he has coming into his house. I think that would be a good thing to know, therein a starting point as you said in the above quote, source. Good chance he may be stuck with what he has. It may only justify Cat 5e cable as you said.

His switch may only support the use of a Cat 5e cable.

Just curious if his incoming internet will support Cat 6a would he gain anything by buying a switch that would support Cat 6 or Cat 6a cable?

From the specs, RS130 Network Transport

Network:

SFP Ethernet 10/100/1000 BASE-T(SFP COPPER Type)

 

Justify Cat 6 or Cat 6a  cable?

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Internet speed is a blistering 23.09 mbps upload and 825 mbps download, great question.  Just ordered a Cat6a SHIELDED set up.  Thank you all.

For 1 you want a 4+amp Linear Power Supply  to the router  which btw digital is not grounded, for a solid Best Buy and quality ,LHY - SW-6 Ethernet hub for $600

nothing close with a LPS, , low noise regulators, and a temp control clock ,

Soix:

I have tried the exact same Linkup Ethernet cable from Amazon that you mentioned, in both a 5 meter long run from my router, and a short 1 meter run to my streamer from my Ether Regen. The cables look and feel very solid and well made, but they sound terrible! I gave them a couple of weeks use, just in case they needed to "settle-in", but nothing improved. They seem to suck the air/ambience and texture right out of my streaming system. A simple Cat 6 cable from Blue Jeans Cables for a similar price sounded FAR better, as did a higher quality DH Labs Reunion ethernet cable I recently purchased. And, yes, the sonic differences ARE apparent between various ethernet cables on a good system, despite what the naysayers claim.

@bigshutterbug linkup sounds rolled off and dull in my system but that’s compared to Purist Audio CAT7. I don’t use it for streaming but I do have it on my apple tv and mac mini without any issues. It’s not for a high end digital front end but in a budget system it should be ok.