Confused about the metal ends on Ethernet cables. Folks sat to use the ones without the metal ends - that the whole system has to shielded for it to work well - and otherwise it’s worse - since it’s acts as an antenna
So BJC…
And then we have the chord cables by- c-stream, that have these metal thingies on both ends… which sound better to me
So which is it?
And if I’m getting a cable to connect from patch panel to EE8 - total unshielded, float one side or both sides shielded ?
EE8 isn’t grounded - so it has to be the streamer and uniticore that provide the grounding?
So those two cables are ok with shielding? But other cables that go to ungrounded endpoints best not shielded?
But good to understand the theory - and then validate it with audio experiments - otherwise too many variables …