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So, how do you terminate the Tera cat7? Do you use the cable as is (strip the ends twist and screw into the terminals and run one cable right positive and on right negative)? Or do you braid as in the DIY descriptions? It would help if those who use the cat cable describe how they make the connections and how many cables they use. |
Sorry as I just ran a 25 foot length under my house directly from my main router right into my computer server. No need to terminate for me. Also purchased 3 foot patch cords already terminated for TVs and other home computers. You would need a special tool available to cut, strip, and connect the wires to the proper jack. Best just buying what you need already terminated. |
Douglas, I have to agree that cable skeptics are merely suffering from confirmation bias (of their skepticism) but also want to emphasise that cables are completely context dependent, so the experiences of others, with different systems, are at best irrelevant and at worst misleading http://www.tnt-audio.com/clinica/bitsofwire_e.html Lots of experience does enable us to form hypotheses of what will work in what context and then making our own bits of wire takes our knowledge to the next level. Thanks for starting this thread. |
I work in data centers on IP storage (VERY large NAS systems), we do use CAT 6 cable for 1g and fiber optics for 10g, but we never worry about the cable brand. If you are using 1g and a CAT 5 cable (which is rated for 100mb) you should replace that with a minimum of a Cat 5e cable. Now to suggest that better sound is possible by changing Cat 5e to 6 or 7 does not make any sense, are Better 1s & 0s transmitted? If changing a network cable did somehow effect the sound you might want to check your DAC,thats really where the 1s & 0s become sound. |
