I love it when somebody wants to convince the world that they are right by stating they talk to an engineer and he said blah blah blah! I don’t give a rats @$$ What an engineer says, if you have to rely on somebody else’s opinion then you don’t know what you are talking about. Also, There are differences in network cables running into your house. I’m guessing you have copper of some sort, which is noisy. I have fibre and fibre is always going to be less noisy than copper. Ask your guru buddy about that.
Everybody on this thread talks about the speed differences between cat5 to cat8 cables, in reality, it’s more than just speed differences, much more between the different cables. Cat5 speed rating is far more than what you need to transfer digital music. Cat5 has much better throughput than the throughput from a CD player. If you check out the cable sheathing and shielding, it is much better on the cat7 and above cables.
Everybody on this thread talks about the speed differences between cat5 to cat8 cables, in reality, it’s more than just speed differences, much more between the different cables. Cat5 speed rating is far more than what you need to transfer digital music. Cat5 has much better throughput than the throughput from a CD player. If you check out the cable sheathing and shielding, it is much better on the cat7 and above cables.