Was there ever a consesnus?

Take your pick from any ethernet spec cable, Blue Jeans Cat 6A cable is a favorite from the states, I can’t recall the name of the ethernet spec cable from the UK that is popular.

Or if you want to throw money at the boutique streaming cable industry you have numerous choices.

It’s better than misused apostrophes that are rampant!

Ah, the grocer’s apostrophe!

Indeed, there must be many grocers in these parts!

Havana - Ha, that’s far too populist!

Catsnake from designacable. It’s probably Belden with decent plugs each end.

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Same here Clive and some are longer than others?

01000001 01101110 01101111 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01100011 01100001 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01100100 01100101 01100010 01100001 01110100 01100101 00100000 00101001 00111010

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This means nothing to me…Oh Vienna.

I’m actually non binary.

As you have time to write so many numbers here, I suggest you to take 5 mn to compare a cheap cable vs a boutique one. Your belief may broke.

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@frenchrooster

You thinking I entered all those digits………

No :face_with_spiral_eyes:

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You couldn’t copy and paste all……

Yes the consensus was those that had expensive cable’s believe they’re worth it and those that don’t think it’s all a load of rubbish.

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Hard to disagree with that.

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Surely the consensus is more that people who use expensive cables believe they’re worth it, and those who don’t don’t? (Latter don’t necessarily think they’re rubbish).)

Digital Cables carry information as 0’s and 1’s.
Analog Cables carry information in a waveform.

Being a Naim user I use analog Naim speaker cables and interconnects.

For my 1.5 Gb/s Ethernet connection to my DAC/Streamer I use CAT 8, braided (for flexibility/durability) ethernet cable with gold plated ends. $15 CDN for 3m.

Understand the difference regarding different types of signal/data transmission through cables and make an informed decision.

Digital is a clipped analog waveform. Changing from one to zero and vice versa is not instantaneous. There will always be a week link but the critical element is the processing at either end of the cable.

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And understand that it is possible for cables to carry more than the intended signal, and that, for example, with at least some DACs RF getting in such as by being superimposed on the digital datastream, though not in any way altering the digital data, may modulate and thus change the resultant analogue audio signal, which may of may nog be subtle. And also, whilst not true to the original recording and undesirable to some people, others might prefer the modified output so produced…

You mean it will be music to a metalhead’s ears?