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Cat 5 vs Cat 6A

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Posted on June 27, 2016 at 07:28:43
oldmkvi
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 I've read that Cat 5 is fine for Internet HI- Res Downloads and transferring Files to Sony Hap Z1.
Any down side to using 6A, which has much greater, but possibly un-needed capacity?

 

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Here's what I'm using..., posted on June 27, 2016 at 08:01:43
Ivan303
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Does it make a difference?

Don't ask me, but it IS shielded.

Link below:


First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

I have Blue Jeans 6A, which like yours, I found is, posted on June 27, 2016 at 08:27:03
oldmkvi
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 backward compatible.
So, onwards...

 

I use Blue Jeans Cable for S/PDIF and also a couple pairs of interconnects..., posted on June 27, 2016 at 13:22:27
Ivan303
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 Find it sounds as good as the higher priced cables, at least in my system.


First they came for the dumb-asses
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: Cat 5 vs Cat 6A, posted on June 27, 2016 at 19:30:01
Bromo33333
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 I buy shielded CAT-6A. I spring for the ones that are verified with test data - cost about $25-30/each. Fewer dropouts, and thruput seems better under heavy load.




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"You are precisely as big as what you love and precisely as small as what you allow to annoy you." ~ R A Wilson

 

RE: Cat 5 vs Cat 6A, posted on June 30, 2016 at 11:54:14
Uskoke
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Location: Iraklion, Crete
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I use this crimping tool to make my own cables. It's only for 8PR cables (not the ones for phones or mouthpieces-that's a different tool). I am an electrician (actually an electrical engineering major) use cat5 for short cables with plugs on ends or trhough conduits when they're for phone circuits and cat6 for lan circuits. This crimping tool cost me 5 euros (wholesale price-normally they cost 15 euros)

 

RE: Cat 5 vs Cat 6A, posted on July 1, 2016 at 18:10:32
Coach
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Location: MI
Joined: June 23, 2006
 If you want to hear something different, try one of the flavored Audio Quest Ethernet cables. I was surprised. I bought the Cinnamon and put it between my computer and my server. Lots of body and detail.

 

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