Ethernet patch cable 5e with cat 6e


Maybe a dumb question, but I am using a patch Cable 5e to further connect a cat 6e Ethernet cable. Does use of the 5e negate the impact of 6e? I like the 6e because it's insulated better.  Isn't 5e older and pretty much out of date?

 

emergingsoul

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Great points.
 

What about streaming videos? Audio bandwith not a problem I don't think except would be better to not have an extender before the Cat 5 patch cable which is about 20 feet.

A cat 5 would probably work fine, but does it impair and reduce quality of the audio and video being streamed? What a cat 6E work better? And longer-term I guess it would be better.

We know the video Signal may be fine, but the audio signal which has always been compressed in the past is now receiving more attention toward being uncompressed and with this would a cat 5 not work as well since many of us Herein are using a very revealing soundsystem when watching movies.

Yes I have a highly resolving system.  So using 6E is much more advantageous to use versus any lesser Cable due to shielding.

Isn't it all about the shielding at this point? A lowly cat 5 probably has all the capacity you need but it's all about the noise impacting sound, either for streaming movies or hi-fi.  Is all that a good interpretation?

Thanks, Great comments