Did you not read the findings by @anon4489532 ?
Vodka vs BJC ?
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Many people are arguing there case based on theory. I think in any case one should have his own ears decide. And we hopefully all realize how deceptive our own ears are as wellā¦, to my ears AQ Vodka is significantly better than normal cables. The AQ Diamond is again better than the Vodka in detail resolution etc, but seems to be a bit less involving. The Chord Music seems to beat all in all aspects, as far I can hear so far. Now is the uplift in price good value for moneyā¦, I guess soā¦, but most will dissagree on this. Letās see how my end results looks and if I have the guts to take the plunge in uncertain timesā¦
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Not really Gary. The fact that thereās a world of difference between rubber feet (which anyone can try) and my being at the far end of my life and being able to afford a ritzy cable) is neither here nor there if itās based actual experience and relevant to the thread.
Your contributions are nearly always negative and not based on the relevant experience - simply put, you know something isnāt true because of a belief system youāve adopted. Come over and listen to the difference between Chord Music and the much vaunted BJC or your big-standard whatever, and then come on here and sneer.
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Hah, please donāt drag me back into this. The thread has taken a rather nasty turn I feel, and seems to be disappearing up its own backside. They are only cables after all, and a sensible perspective needs to be kept. When people start talking about the torque settings to attach a switch to the wall Iād suggest the plot has been lost.
Iām sitting here listening to Keith Jarrett with my Ā£20 BJC cables, and it sounds lovely. On the other hand if people want to spend Ā£4,000 on a Chord Music thatās entirely up to them. Itās all good.
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yes, but itās for now the only opposite example. However i wrote above that i will try them.
No itās not @Michaelb was the same and he tried an awful lot of high end cables and preferred Ā£9 Belden Cat5e. I only tried upto a Cinnamon as thatās all I would ever pay and I preferred my bjc. It might not be as expensive but its 10x the cost so I can judge from that itās not worth going higher. 10x cost of my Atom is an nd555 and I assume thatās a big step up from the Atom .
Noted 
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Also rs 232 is ok for those who have a PC with this serial?
so 2 persons vs dozen and dozenā¦
Popular doesnāt make it good.
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I bought my AQ cables based on member experiences here and the assumption they are better than standard ethernet cables. When they were in my system I assumed I was hearing the best sound these cables could provide and could only be bested by investing even more $$ and moving up in the range of AQ cable offerings. Based on the experiences of members here AND the manner in which BJC tests their cables for spec I decided to try their cat 6 cables in place of my AQ. From the first track they sounded immediately better than the AQ and I thought great Iāll see what these lesser expensive yet exceptional build quality cables have to offer. I was not prepared for them to run in the way they did and I didnāt realize data cables require run in, but after a week of typical listening intervals I realized they had become significantly better than the AQ in my system. So much so I no longer fault my Ovators as being a weak link in my system. Perhaps the AQ cables arenāt bright in other systems or perhaps some listeners prefer a brighter presentation, I donāt know, donāt care, I can only speak to my personal experience. Iāve noticed other members had similar experiences to my own as well with the higher end of the AQ range compared to BJC. I donāt know why some here who are reluctant to accept the anecdotal experiences of other members in spite of never having listened to the BJC in their own systems, I suspect itās a function of post purchase dissonance. If I owned a $5K cable and observed that a $12 cable bested it in my system Iād be quite happy to move the more expensive on and enjoy the music without any fanfare. Conversely Iād be happy to keep the expensive cable in my system if it were significantly better than than the BJC.
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peder
adam Zelinsky
Nick Lees
Bert Bird
Daniel H
Myself
Stephan Tate
Simon Pepper
Dark Bear
Gazza
Fenderman
Obsydian
Gandalf
Nigel B
I have identified 14 members who found a substantial improvement using fancy ethernet cables vs generic ones. All are using at minimum audioquest vodka cables and more expensive ones.
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no, but doesnāt make them bad neitherā¦
Hey Iāve got a thought. Maybe itās not the cable one uses but an Isolation filter would be even better?
Maybe try one at the end closest to the source ? Hereās some choices:
https://www.tripplite.com/rj45-network-isolator-ethernet~N234MI1005
Now Iām feeling inferior. 
OK to try one, who knows what might work for your system, but I doubt it, see my previous post ā¦ Ethernet Switch and Cables Mania
drink some vodka instead, to console yourself 
No thanks. Iāll just stick with a spoon of Cinnamon in my cake. 
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There are people in your list making claims about BJC who havenāt even had one in their system to compare. So Iām not sure what the purpose of your post is. Maybe we can limit the claims to those whoāve actually done the comparison.
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i was not referring to BJC cables but generic ones.