OP
I went deep into the Ethernet cable rabbit hole. Let me save you the days and weeks of reading/learning: Buy Supra 8 bulk and terminate it yourself.
IN MY SYSTEM it sounds great. I ran 4 different 45 ft runs and also made patch cables from it and Belden Catsnake, BlueJeans, Aduioquest Cinnamon and generic Cat5e. I was going to have a friend help with with blind swapping them so I can pick the best sounding one without any expectation bias, but the difference was immediately noticeable in each of them.
I went deep into the Ethernet cable rabbit hole. Let me save you the days and weeks of reading/learning: Buy Supra 8 bulk and terminate it yourself.
IN MY SYSTEM it sounds great. I ran 4 different 45 ft runs and also made patch cables from it and Belden Catsnake, BlueJeans, Aduioquest Cinnamon and generic Cat5e. I was going to have a friend help with with blind swapping them so I can pick the best sounding one without any expectation bias, but the difference was immediately noticeable in each of them.