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Go Cat8!

I just changed my Maicord Opal Cat6 which was no slouch in its day to an Onti Cat8 from AliExpress, linking the Etherregen to my InnuOS Zenith Mk3: Shazam, cristal clear treble, vibrating bass and an enormous increase in the recordings‘ ambience and liveliness. It goes to emphasize how important the short bit of cable between switch and server actually is. Highly recommended, the Onti Cat8 is a heavy gauge, heavily shielded cable with state of the art magnesium connectors.

antigrunge2
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antigrunge2 OP
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@steakster,

you are very welcome, I had the same reaction and this is what the forum is all about: sharing experiences good and bad rather than arguing about things you haven’t even tried.

Enjoy the music

rlawry
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I had a cat 6E Blue Jeans ethernet cable running from my router to Bricasti M1SE streaming DAC and switched to a Certicables cat 8 cable, both 10 feet long.  I bought the Certicables on eBay for $45.  The difference was noticeable in a positive direction.  I now wonder whether going to much more expensive cat 7 or 8 cables from someone like Synergistic Research who made the best-sounding USB and headphone cables is worth a try.

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jerryg123
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Funny.

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