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Old 05-20-2019, 11:23 PM
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Stephen, I haven't compared Ethernet cables yet...And I trust your ear (and eye!) also.


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Well, they all sound slightly different, as to be expected. The good news is there's very good and affordable options available. The Audioquest Cinnamon, AQ Vodka, and WW Starlight all sound very nice and I feel are good values for their respective price classes. Even the mid-level $80 AudioQuest Cinnamon Ethernet sounds really quite good, especially if its well burned-in (as mine is...).

I have some Swedish Supra Cat8 coming by the 24th so I will be able to audition that, too; I've heard some good things about it. Apparently its not the most transparent Ethernet cable, but very musical and engaging to listen to. At $54/1M, what's not to like?


I will be very interested in your findings with the Supra Cat8 cables. I have these cables myself, which I bought to get me up-and-running with a streaming setup. I haven’t compared them to anything else!
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I will be very interested in your findings with the Supra Cat8 cables. I have these cables myself, which I bought to get me up-and-running with a streaming setup. I haven’t compared them to anything else!
I'll let you know; I need to let them burn in a bit once they arrive.
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Does this apply to Ethernet cables as well?

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Hey, Stephen, it's been a while. Interesting thread in that your observations on the WW Starlight Cat 8 are similar to mine when compared to the Acoustic Revive LAN PA cables I'd been using previously. The AR are a bit more musical but the WW are cleaner, crisper and soundstage better at least in my system. The Ethernet cables (2 pairs) connect to my Oppo 105D and my PS Audio Direct Stream DAC. They're used for both music and video streaming via Netflix.

Looking forward to your continued experiences.

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[QUOTE=tony-w;965541]Does this apply to Ethernet cables as well?

Yeah, I saw that, that was pretty funny.
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Hey, Stephen, it's been a while. Interesting thread in that your observations on the WW Starlight Cat 8 are similar to mine when compared to the Acoustic Revive LAN PA cables I'd been using previously. The AR are a bit more musical but the WW are cleaner, crisper and soundstage better at least in my system. The Ethernet cables (2 pairs) connect to my Oppo 105D and my PS Audio Direct Stream DAC. They're used for both music and video streaming via Netflix.

Looking forward to your continued experiences.

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Thanks, Joe.

I'm pretty much done with my assessments for the time being, until the Supa Cat8 come in. I've got a pretty good handle on how these three different Ethernet cables sound. They're all quite nice, I could live with any of them, and that was the purpose of this completely subjective listening impresssions eval; just to determine which I might want to live with long-term.
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Just a note that my Supra Cat8 Ethernet cables arrived today, a day ahead of time. Be interested to see how these perform as they have gotten some good reviews on CA and Audio Bacon. I'm going to put one between the Mac Mini and the router to burn in for a week or so...
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Well, after a good 6 days or so of burn-in 24/7, I put in the Supra Cat8...

Man, this little cable is wonderful! It's is a very nice-sounding cable, indeed. Very detailed but not at all etched, edgy, or spiky. it presents an incredibly layered and complex presentation that is really very nice. The presentation is not quite as spacious front-to-back and "fullsome" as the AudioQuest Cinnamon or Vodka, but it actually has more, and a finer layering of, detail. The micro-detail, microdymanics, and timbral shadings of this cable are really quite impressive and musical as all get-out. I hear filigreed and sublte little musical details and timbral shadings I don't hear on any of the others. Its like going from a 240 dpi JPEG digital photograph to a 300 dpi TIFF file, using digital photography as an analogy. It has an overall sonic signature and "body" that reminds me of wood-bodied phono cartridges, in in particular, my Sumiko Pearwood Celebration II that was on my Rega P5.

For $54, man, this cable is a winner! Big thumbs up!
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