Datastream over Network (TCP)

[DavidL (David Lovell)]

@Andrew

It would make the choice of Ethernet cable between Roon and dCS receiving endi less important.

YES!! The only really critical factor is that the cable meets the correct specs for Ethernet at the correct category level. Most audiophile Ethernet cables fail this test.

Weerstandje:

Except for isolation of electrical noise coming from the source itself or from WiFi and other wireless radiation contaminating into the cable.

Ethernet is very good at rejecting environmental noise and this is part of the reason that a proper cable be used. Again, this is where most of the audiophile cables fail. They sound different because they change the noise component in the analog section of the DAC.

Weerstandje:

Very interesting. Can you therefore please advise / recommend some ethernet cables available in the UK that have the correct specs?