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They are tested, with a printout sent along, to guarantee the speed, whatever.
I've admittedly had good reasons to smile after dealing with the TrueCable folks for my RF connectivity needs. However, they additionally offer solid Ethernet solutions via their direct web sales (which I prefer) or Amazon.
I can't answer your cable question, but I miss your posts over on DIY Tubes. Glad to see that you're still at it!
Yep, I'm still here and thank you for the welcome!
I've been Dabbling in digital
Just some thoughts......Some folks hear a difference but I'm a fan of just about any decent quality commodity CAT6 cable.
You say "residential" but what does that mean exactly?
Do you need to run several hundred feet through the walls? Through air ducts? You might want to check your local building code for in-wall cables. You might need CM/CMP/CMR rated cable.
Any lengths outside the house? You might want weather/UV resistant cable.
Under ground across the yard? You might want to use direct burial cable.
Or do you just want a 10-foot length of CAT6 'patch cable'? You can spend a couple bucks on just about any brand that will do a perfectly fine job or you can buy a designer Ethernet cable for audio.
Good luck!
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I'm doing my house so yes, walls and across the attic probably 200+ feet, no duct work. No Boujee E. cable either. :-)
Considering a shielded cable as I'm in the flight path of the local community airport. Could use feedback on this one.
I'm not a networking cable expert but even modest CAT6 will accommodate typical 1-Gigabit/Sec home networks. Many will also support faster speeds but possibly at reduced distances.If you're doing your own termination it might take some research on which connector types to use, proper pin-outs, and the proper crimp tool.... and some practice. Or, you can pull all the cable yourself and possibly have a contractor come in and terminate to wall jacks and cable plugs.
P.S. The audiophile tendency is 'more is better' or the 'best current tech is better' but I've seen (right here on the Asylum) inmates who used audiophile branded high-end Ethernet cabling with the shield terminated at each end. Sounds like a great idea until the ground loop caused HUM in their system. The solution was to break the shield at one end. The simple way to do this is to couple the end-to-end shielded cable to a short unshielded patch cable..... or don't buy audiophile approved high-end Ethernet cables ;-)
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For audio use, check out the Blue Jeans Cable stuff.
and read up on all their different offerings.
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