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Most Important, Unloved Cable...

Ethernet. I used to say the power cord was the most unloved, but important cable. Now, I update that assessment to the Ethernet cable. Review work forthcoming. 

I can't wait to invite my newer friend who is an engineer who was involved with the construction of Fermilab, the National Accelerator Lab, to hear this! Previously he was an overt mocker; no longer. He decided to try comparing cables and had his mind changed. That's not uncommon, as many of you former skeptics know. :)

I had my biggest doubts about the Ethernet cable. But, I was wrong - SO wrong! I'm so happy I made the decision years ago that I would try things rather than simply flip a coin mentally and decide without experience. It has made all the difference in quality of systems and my enjoyment of them. Reminder; I settled the matter of efficacy of cables years before becoming a reviewer and with my own money, so my enthusiasm for them does not spring from reviewing. Reviewing has allowed me to more fully explore their potential.  

I find fascinating the cognitive dissonance that exists between the skeptical mind in regard to cables and the real world results which can be obtained with them. I'm still shaking my head at this result... profoundly unexpected results way beyond expectation. Anyone who would need an ABX for this should exit the hobby and take up gun shooting, because your hearing would be for crap.  
douglas_schroeder
cleeds
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dynaquest409-17-2017 8:56pm
Bunch of guys say the unloved Ethernet cable, if you purchase an expensive one, sounds way better ...l Couple other guys say not so ... Those couple guys challenge those other guys to a bet ... No one wants to accept the bet ...
Please. It is a "bet." A ruse. A charade, a parlor trick at best, posted by an anonymous contributor offering a gmail account as a source for details of the "offer." Hence all of the deleted posts. Please.
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lalitk
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@dynaquest,

I don’t entirely agree with your summary cause some of those betting don’t even own a digital streaming setup that involves Ethernet cable (I won’t single them out but they know who they are).

Why they are even here debating the merits of Ethernet cables or digital bits is beyond me 😳

We have recently conducted a shootout between following cables and each of these cables sounded different in a pretty good mid-fi system,

Purist Audio CAT7
SoTM dCBL-CAT7
Synergistic Research Ethernet Active SE CAT6

In any highly resolve system, each and every cable matters!


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jinjuku
223 posts
 
This person" is singular so the correct word is his. Singular possessive. Case closed.

"Their, them, themselves, they (as singular pronouns)

  • Many English speakers believe that using the plural pronouns they, them, themselves, and their in gender-neutral singular constructions is incorrect. For example, these people would consider the them in “call a friend and ask them to come over” to be wrong because them by definition refers to multiple people, whereas in this clause its antecedent (a friend) is singular.

    But there are problems with this view."


    You are inferring a gender when it hasn't been provided to you. Keep on swinging and missing. 

     
    • clearthink
    672 posts
     
    It is now plain for all to see that the attentive moderators who expertly manage the discussions in this group have actively chosen to permanently delete jinjuku's numerous messages promoting the "10 to 1" odds scam that appeared designed to cheat $2,000 USD from the contributors to this forum and I just hope that none of the posters here lost any money or gave up any personal information to this winkley dinkler. Of course there are audible differences in various cables as has been repeatedly testified to in this very conversation from actual practical users.
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    shadorne
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    @clearthink

    There has been no scam. Jinjuku has not cheated anyone. The only thing plain for all to see is your nasty personal attack against someone who simply challenges your line of thinking.

    As for my experience, I know for a fact you are right about cables as I have heard it myself many times but these effects are mostly subtle and ONLY audible when using poorly designed, poorly matched and/or malfunctioning audio components. Of course you hear differences because almost anything can influence the sound of broken or badly designed equipment. There is nothing at all even remotely surprising about this discovery. The conclusion that cables are a key component in the sound and deserving of high $$$ expenditures is the tomfoolery of a winkley dinkler. The choice is simple when faced with audible changes in a setup where none should occur: Switch out your faulty gear and take a leap forward in high fidelity or continue tinkering with band aids like cables and fuses!
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