What do you have to say about that?
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...40-audiophile-ethernet-cable-and-look-inside/
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...40-audiophile-ethernet-cable-and-look-inside/
$340 audiophile Ethernet cable tear down
- Thread starter Sonus
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Quite affordable for a 1.5 meter audiophile Ethernet cable. ...The silver cost money, the terminators few more dollars, and the external braiding...plus they are twisted and 24AWG.
Do we know the copper's level of purity? ...How many "N"s?
Personally I wouldn't pay $340 for a 1.5M Ethernet cable...I got several for free (came with my modems).
And the one I bought for my BR player when I want to connect for firmware update...was $20 for 25 feet.
But I'm cheap, and I don't know much about audiophile Ethernet reception (high grade signal transfer). ...Must be faster with better video and audio quality?
My computer cost me $300, so no way I'm spending more for an Ethernet cable.
But if you have $5,000 super duper computer, then $500 seems to be fair for an Ethernet cable...then that one @ only $340 is a good deal?
...Would a $5 or $10 one (1.5M) be of lesser performance...let the experts chime in.
Do we know the copper's level of purity? ...How many "N"s?
Personally I wouldn't pay $340 for a 1.5M Ethernet cable...I got several for free (came with my modems).
And the one I bought for my BR player when I want to connect for firmware update...was $20 for 25 feet.
But I'm cheap, and I don't know much about audiophile Ethernet reception (high grade signal transfer). ...Must be faster with better video and audio quality?
My computer cost me $300, so no way I'm spending more for an Ethernet cable.
But if you have $5,000 super duper computer, then $500 seems to be fair for an Ethernet cable...then that one @ only $340 is a good deal?
...Would a $5 or $10 one (1.5M) be of lesser performance...let the experts chime in.
I have to say what I said before the cables went to BJC for certification:
That the terminations were iffy and that the measurements proved me correct when I postulated that the NEXT would be marginal.
AQ should be embarrassed. All my BJC cables kill the AQ at ~1/30th of the price and my shortest BJC is more than twice as long.
AQ lists their cable as CAT7 on their site. The thing, as far as I'm concerned, isn't even 6A.
That the terminations were iffy and that the measurements proved me correct when I postulated that the NEXT would be marginal.
AQ should be embarrassed. All my BJC cables kill the AQ at ~1/30th of the price and my shortest BJC is more than twice as long.
AQ lists their cable as CAT7 on their site. The thing, as far as I'm concerned, isn't even 6A.
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