Ethernet cable to buy / choose

[ronorn]

I have a simple basic Ethernet cable Cat 8 , 49 ft length.

Connected to a good streamer : Lumin U2.

Is there any logic to replace the cable with another expensive one?
Like AudioQuest or similar?

Thanks.

 

[staticV3]

There is zero logic in replacing that cable with another expensive one.

You will gain nothing, only lose money.

 

[ronorn]

There is zero logic in replacing that cable with another expensive one.

You will gain nothing, only lose money.

THANK YOU !!!!

 

[Dumdum]

No

 

[ronorn]

No

No

Thank you.

 

[Brian Hall]

At that length, a regular cat 5 cable would work just as well.

 

[FrantzM]

Hi @ronorn

Welcome to ASR. Please stay, it can be a bit arduous and often some of us (pleading guilty) at times are a bit .. curt... If you are a music lover and an audiophile, staying and learning here at ASR, will not only save you a lot of money but will result in you getting the best sound you could have ever for your heard earned money.

This said for Audio purposes, You don't even need a Cat 5e... Cat 3, an old type of cable you could find in building, would have worked and well... but Cat 3 is , now hard to find so ANY decent Cat 5 cable would do and that on much longer span... 100 meters/330 feet is what the standard recommend but I bet it would work on twice this distance .. Yes.
As matter of fact.. Gigabit Ethernet will run reliably on , yes, barbed wires. (Click Here)
Now, you mention that you have a "good" streamer, a Lumin and I would suppose, you paid some good money for it... since the least expensive Lumin, the D3 has a MSRP of $2700... I suggest to you an experiment: Acquire a Wiim Pro streamer about $150 at Amazon. Plug it in your system. Try to match the levels with your smartphone. Report to us...

Peace.

 

[MaxwellsEq]

You've already wasted money, unfortunately! You don't need Cat8. Any of the Category 5 cables are fine for 100m at the bandwidth you require.

 

[ronorn]

Hi @ronorn

Welcome to ASR. Please stay, it can be a bit arduous and often some of us (pleading guilty) at times are a bit .. curt... If you are a music lover and an audiophile, staying and learning here at ASR, will not only save you a lot of money but will result in you getting the best sound you could have ever for your heard earned money.

This said for Audio purposes, You don't even need a Cat 5e... Cat 3, an old type of cable you could find in building, would have worked and well... but Cat 45 is , now hard to find so ANY decent Cat 5 cable would do and that on much longer span... 100 meters/330 feet is what the standard recommend but I bet it would work on twice this distance .. Yes.
As matter of fact.. Gigabit Ethernet will run reliably on , yes, barbed wires. (Click Here)
Now you mention that you have a "good" streamer, a Lumin and I would suppose, you paid some good money for it... since the least expensive Lumin, the D3 has a MSRP of $2700... I suggest to you an experiment: Acquire a Wiim Pro streamer about $150 at Amazon. Plug it in your system. Try to match the levels with your smartphone. Report to us...

Peace.

Thanks for accepting me !
Also thank you for your ethernet explanation.
Regarding the Lumin streamer. I have the U2 (Not the Mini) , Replaced the bluesound NODE with the Lumin.
According to my ears. HUGE improvement. (even if technically not - I enjoy more ) that's what important to me.

 

[Purité Audio]

As long as you realise it is just placebo and no actual improvement.
Time, effort and money would be better spent with tangible ie real improvements in SQ.
Keith

 

[FrantzM]

Thanks for accepting me !
Also thank you for your ethernet explanation.
Regarding the Lumin streamer. I have the U2 (Not the Mini) , Replaced the bluesound NODE with the Lumin.
According to my ears. HUGE improvement. (even if technically not - I enjoy more ) that's what important to me.

Hi

I would advise you to not believe in your ears so much. These are easily deceived. But it's that is what you want to believe ...
Perhaps I could suggest a different, more expensive, experiment..
Get the Audioquest Ethernet cable or whatever they suggest for that length... report to us.

Peace

 

[anmpr1]

Is there any logic to replace the cable with another expensive one?
Like AudioQuest or similar?

I have a short run of the AQ green cable. It was what the store had, and was not too expensive. I was in a hurry. AQ calls it Forest. I guess because it is green. I can safely report that it works. So it's got that going for it.

AQ also sell a more expensive Ethernet cable called Vodka. But by way of comparison, you can buy two cases of the real thing, Stolichnaya, for what they are asking. I don't usually give advice, but if it was me I'd buy the 24 bottles of Russian vodka, and with what's left over order an Amazon Basics cable.

Plus, after a few drinks, you'll start to hear that front to back depth you've always known was missing.

 

[scrubb]

I would advise you to not believe in your ears so much. These are easily deceived. But it's that is what you want to believe ...
Perhaps I could suggest a different, more expensive, experiment..

"Your ears can deceive you. Don't trust them. Try listening again, only this time with ear plugs in."

 

[bungle]

At that length, a regular cat 5 cable would work just as well.

yes, throw that inflexible thick cat8 to trash and just use plain cheap cat6.

 

[Apesbrain]

yes, throw that inflexible thick cat8 to trash and just use plain cheap cat6.

Well, no reason to go to that extreme. But, yes, CAT5e would have been fine.

 

[BDWoody]

Plus, after a few drinks, you'll start to hear that front to back depth you've always known was missing.