I’m about to start wiring up our new place and have been asked what type of cable I want, cat 6 etc. My Naim stuff will be hardwired NDX2, Core and Muso’s (4).
Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions about which type (cat) I should use. We do get good internet speeds with around 110 download and about 25-30 up load.
How long? There are some fairly esoteric ones but they get prohibitive on long runs.
Without weighing directly to answer your question, you may want to consider whether the switch uses a grounded RJ45 port or not and choose screened or non screened accordingly.
In terms of noise rejection, quality off the drum or pre-made with a ferrite choke at the NDX end is darn good for nearly nothing. Data transmission will be unaffected no matter how cheap even for Cat5 and long runs at the speeds used on the NDX. So common mode and microphonic noise rejection and resilience become you main factors.
As for “best” I won’t touch that topic with a 10 foot barge pole.
There will be some long runs of 25-30ms.
Okay so you are talking about a drum of cable then. Is there a switch closer to the NDX? Is it long runs direct to NDX or long to swotch, short to NDX? Are you running through trunking?
There’s switches (or outlet points) all the Naim connections and yes it’ll be wired in while we build.
Okay so you will need an unscreened Cat6a drum. Screened is not flexible enough. And the absolute minimum trunking needs to be no narrower than 18mm. You also need Cat6a compliant wall ports. Panasonic do excellent ones.
No idea what drums of cable you have over there. I use Elecom but if it is compliant it should be pretty much a commodity. The wall ports don’t support grounded screens anyway.
You can then go down fancier hifi LAN cables between the NDX and nearby switch/wall port if you like.
I ran 17 Cat6a runs over 3 floors to a single location. It was hard work but I saved several grand doing it myself.
[adendum] Unrelated to hifi, if you are laying in wire and will also have wireless devices, now is a good time to install LAN ports in a high up central ish location (not on the same horizontal plan as kitchen appliances) to facilitate the wireless router. I have two ports with mains sockets way up above the top shelf of built in shelves. The coverage from a single 4 antenna router was sufficient so only used one in the end. Dressing room in middle of 2nd floor, 2.2 meters up on top shelf. Great solution for stable strong wifi in a large house with just one device.
Wonder if what you choose will suit the NSS 333 when you upgrade 
I may never know.
Know idea if it would sound better, but Audioquest do installation cables like cat 600 fmj on cable reels…….about £600 for 500 feet.
Think we’re using Blue Jean cables just wasn’t sure what cat.
Cat 6a, as Zen advises will be fine.
Already marked them out on my drawings, I’m also putting power points there as well. Thanks for your input.
The last run I used this:
Belden 1685ENH CAT6a F/FTP LSZH Install Grade Data Cable
But terminated in 5e wall sockets both ends.
I found the cable easy to route despite its relative thickness.
If you are having structured wiring put in then yes best use Cat 6A cable, it is optimum and designed for structured cabling, rather than patch leads… and remember Ethernet cable is inexpensive, don’t be drawn into paying over the odds for consumer branded cable. Your fitter or electrician should be able to source cost effectively … or if you are doing RS is a good supply.
The key thing if you can is use ducting so you can pull additional cables through should you need to in the future. Each segment should not exceed 100 metres in length.
Further for structured cabling terminate into wall Ethernet plates or a switch.
Do think about the topology … ie do you want a hub and spoke, or ring…
I think for many houses, a hub and spoke would be optimal, with a sufficiently large switch in a utility room, under the stairs, in the garage or in the loft… and run out from there.
We have a comms room on ground floor everything will come from that one central location.
Exactly what I do. Though as it is for work, I have a small air conditioned machine room. A 16 port switch handles the regular endpoints with a 32Gbps aggregate throughput ceiling. A few things like the wifi router go directly to the FTTH router. It’s a single location for the MDF and CU and 21U rack. Hidden away behind a hidden door wallpapered to match the walls. But in a new build, the cost of localising all that in a small 1.5m sqr room was nothing.
Perfect… I have an older house… it’s just turning 100 years old… when it was built it had no running water, only a well, and no electricity, so Ethernet has been very much an after thought… 
I use an equipment cupboard in my study and cables run from there… some in ducts… long structured runs use 6A.
Is there a boutique cable that’d work. 
Sorry I might have exaggerated the room bit it’s more like a comms cupboard, but the internet is its sole purpose.
It’s only a cupboard if you call it a cupboard 