Fiber or Eithenet


I need to pull new cable from my router / Small Green Computer Music Server to my DAC (Bricasti M1S2 with nexwork card).  Which should I pull and why?  Differences.  I think about WireWorld for the ethernet. About an 80 ft run.

testrun

Some here have been using these for a while now. The write-up appears to be the same but the price is a little higher.

@hollandw I agree Cardas is a good company to deal with and generally makes quality products.  Very unusual to have something from Cardas poop out twice.  I’m sure they’ll stand behind it.

I’ve just done some listening on multiple power supplies for the iFi Purifier Pro, and strangely it was the wall-wort that came with it that sounded best. I tried iFi’s top and second from top supplies and they just weren’t as open sounding even after a few hundred hours. I also tried a few ethernet and USB options from: Nordost, Shunyata, Synergistic Research, Cardas, Snake River, Pangea and Audio Quest.  I liked the Cardas Clear best for both ethernet and USB but for 1/10 the cost the Pangea didn’t embarrass itself. I also moved my ONT close to my router since I had enough of the incoming FIOS fiber to do it. This allowed me to go to a short run of high end Cardas ethernet between ONT and router and cut out about 60’ of unnecessary lower quality ethernet. I think I’m going to take the recommendation of some other folks on here and go fiber out of the router to my DAC and use a Sonore Optical to convert back just before.