The fiber optic network ends at the Optical Network Terminal in the utility closet. The network in the apartment is just normal copper wiring with an Ethernet port on the wall, into which I plugged my HiFi switch, like the one shown in the photo.
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Thanks. Can you even begin to describe the sound of each? And/or which you prefer and why? Every system, every room and every pair of ears is different I know!
My entire system, including the interconnects, speaker cables, and power cords, is all of monocrystal silver. Thus, Siltech and Crystal Ethernet cables, which use a similar type of conductor, are the natural fit. Unlike pure silver, which has some hardness, I love monocrystal silver for its transparency and clarity, which far exceed those of copper, yet it sounds comfortably ‘warm’.
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Thanks for this. I can see the difference in the rest of your system (interconnects, speaker cables, and power cords) though I confess to struggling a little to imagine how a conductor formulation might make a sonic difference in the pre-streamer domain where all the data is going to get unpacked and reformatted when it’s turned into a bitstream…
Will investigate these cables though and check out what else might be different about them.
Many thanks,
Nigel
I have just ordered a neotech 1008 ethernet cable to try.
It’s much cheaper than the diamond and supposedly it’s as good or maybe even better, we will see.
I have those Neotech Ethernet cables. They obviously lifted the trebles and shifted the tonality. I removed them from my setup after a few days of testing as I couldn’t tolerate giving them more run-in time.
Burn in can obviously be a pain, but i will install them on something else for a week or two first.
Then after rhat pop them in the system a much better way to do it with cables like this
So far, I own Neotech interconnect, power cord, USB, BNC, and Ethernet cables. I am generally familiar with their OCC silver, which I think, while having a cost advantage, still can’t replace any of the monocrystal silver cables by Crystal or Albedo in my main setup.
That’s good, but i would have atleast given the neotech cable more time to show what it can do. 2 day’s is certainly not long enough.
As said not prepared to pay thousands for an ethernet cable and if this £250 cable can match my audioquest diamond or even beat it, then that will certainly be a bargain. Some even say it’s better than the sigma at over £2k that have tested both.
We will see.