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Post by MartinT on Jun 29, 2018 20:29:17 GMT
Thanks for reminding me of that thread, Chris. I feel an Sbooster may be worth adding to my router PSU, which is the usual plug SMPS thing.
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Post by John on Jun 30, 2018 3:49:24 GMT
I am not sure if they still sell as been out of stock for awhile now as been looking for the last few months
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Post by Clive on Jun 30, 2018 6:42:26 GMT
Last time I looked there was a new Sbooster coming with quite a few updates hence running down the old stock.
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Post by orbscure on Jul 2, 2018 8:15:24 GMT
I've ordered two of CommScope Krone TrueNet Cat6 UUTP LSOH RJ45 Patch Leads Blue 2m 6830-2-821-07 and will let you know if they appear to be the same as the MeiCord and sound as good. Netshop were very helpful in taking my small order. Looking forward to reading your comparison thoughts Martin... |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 2, 2018 8:55:14 GMT
They will hopefully arrive today.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 2, 2018 13:40:37 GMT
Cables arrived, will try one this evening.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 2, 2018 16:52:56 GMT
The MeiCord's reputation remains intact.
The Commscope Krone is not the same cable. It's slightly thinner and the RJ45 connector is much shorter. While there is a cursory resemblance, closer inspection reveals them to be quite different. However, that's not to say that the Commscope is no good: it does sound better than the cat 5e it replaced feeding my NAS to the router.
However, it's not a cheap MeiCord and it's important to clarify that.
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Post by John on Jul 2, 2018 17:54:05 GMT
That sounds much like my experience going from cat 5 6 and 7 when I had a 2pc iPlayer set up So sounds like a standard cat 6 A pity as always good to discover a bargain
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 10:58:32 GMT
I recently bought one of these cables from MartinT and I have to say that I’m shocked by what I’m hearing. I was previously using a Chord cable which was quite a bit better than a stock ethernet cable, but this is even better. On Spotify, It has opened out the soundstage, as if removing a veil, plus tightened up the sound and allows the music to flow better. Seriously surprised by the amount of difference it’s made. Thanks for the recommendation, Martin. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Feb 24, 2019 11:33:06 GMT
Only from what I heard somewhere....
Are Chord cables not that good ?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2019 12:07:27 GMT
Only from what I heard somewhere.... Are Chord cables not that good ? They are certainly better than stock cables in my opinion, but they are not generally as good as their price imply they should be. |
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Post by SteveC on Feb 25, 2019 0:34:52 GMT
I had a bit of a move around today and used a second Broadband outlet near the system rack to place my BT Hub 6 and link it to the dCS Upsampler and Melco server with 3m ethernet cables, without having to use the plug-in BT extenders.
Having established that everything worked with streaming Spotify and controlling the Melco library from an iPad, I decided to pull the trigger on a 3m MeiCord Opal ethernet cable, which I can use from router to dCS Upsampler for Spotify or from router to Melco for iPad control.
This got me thinking about the RJ11 to RJ11 cable that exits the ADSL filter at the incoming Broadband wall plate and goes to the BT Hub 6.
Does anyone think that this would also be a worthwhile upgrade and if so, any suggestions? CAT6 or CAT7?
I now have the BT Hub 6 "grounded" to an Entreq Silver Minimus, via a spade to USB grounding cable and my next area of investigation concerns replacing the SMPS wall wart supplied with the BT Hub 6 with something better, which won't inject gunge back into the mains supply.
Any thoughts on the Sbooster BOTW Eco MKII?
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Post by SteveC on Feb 25, 2019 0:37:07 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Feb 25, 2019 6:23:29 GMT
replacing the SMPS wall wart supplied with the BT Hub 6 with something better, which won't inject gunge back into the mains supply. Do it - changing my router's PSU to a linear type certainly helped sound quality for streamed services. |
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Post by John on Feb 25, 2019 6:52:29 GMT
I play a bit with ethernet cables Cat 7 is usually better than cat 6 but the Melcotd is better than cat 7 cable in my system
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Post by SteveC on Feb 25, 2019 20:18:27 GMT
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Post by nrg on Feb 25, 2019 22:42:33 GMT
RJ11 is 4 connections, how is it going to wire up to CAT6 cable? Ah never mind just read the description....
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Post by brettj on May 22, 2024 8:32:54 GMT
Have some fun ahead over the weekend.
A new (to me) Meicord Opal ethernet cable.
Means I'll have them between:
Switch and wifi router
Wifi extender and DXE Iso Plus
DXE Iso Plus and EtherRegen
Then Triode Wire Labs Freedom ethernet cables to my streamer.
Switch > Meicord Opal > Asus RT AX86U Pro > Wifi extender > Meicord Opal > DXE Iso Plus > Meicord Opal > Pink Faun LAN Isolator > EtherRegen > TWL Freedom > Stack Audio SmoothLan > TWL Freedom > Streamer
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Post by mattspl on May 22, 2024 9:54:07 GMT
I’m interested to see how you get on here as I’ve only an Amazon Cat8 from router to switch at the moment and wonder would i benefit from a better cable there. I’m using a Sablon 2020 from switch to renderer.
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Post by brettj on May 22, 2024 12:39:54 GMT
I’m interested to see how you get on here as I’ve only an Amazon Cat8 from router to switch at the moment and wonder would i benefit from a better cable there. I’m using a Sablon 2020 from switch to renderer. I looked seriously at the Sablon 2020. It lost out to Triode Wire Labs Freedom. Mainly due to its rigidity in my application. |
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